forsake

forsake

[fə'seik]

v. 放弃, 断念, 抛弃

例句与用法：

A homeless person, especially a forsaken or orphaned child.

无家可归者一个无家可归的人，尤指一个被遗弃或无父母的孤儿

He has forsaken the bad habit of smoking.

他已改掉了吸烟的坏习惯。

词形变化：

动词过去式: forsook | 动词过去分词: forsaken | 动词现在分词: forsaking | 动词第三人称单数: forsakes |

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vt.【书】

1. 抛弃; 遗弃; 背弃

His children pleaded with him not to forsake them.

他的孩子们恳求他不要遗弃他们。

He forsook medicine to study literature.

他放弃医学去研究文学。

2. 摒弃, 革除

She persuaded her husband to forsake his drinking habit.

她说服丈夫改掉嗜酒的习惯。

3. 离开

At fourteen he ran away, forsaking his home and friends.

他十四岁出走, 离开了家乡和朋友。