• n. 祖先；祖宗

fore-,在前。be, 存在。-ar, 后綴，人。即先輩，祖先。

fore-在forehead前額、forearm前臂和before等中都有出現(xiàn)，多用來指時(shí)間和空間上的前，與希臘拉丁前綴pro-和pre-等同源。而-bear部分則一不是指熊，二不是指bear動(dòng)詞承擔(dān)；忍受等，而是be-的施動(dòng)者名詞，也就是說，forebear的字面意思是“one who was before”。

forebear (n.)

"ancestor," late 15c., from fore "before" + be-er "one who exists;" agent noun from be. Originally Scottish. Related: Forebears.

1. He was a good man , but always forebear his wrath and complaint.

他是一個(gè)老好人,善于克制自我、隱忍無奈.

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2. I had much ado to forebear laughing.

我費(fèi)了很大的勁才忍住笑.

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3. A person from whom one is descended , especially if more remote than a grandparent; a forebear.

繁衍后代的人, 特別是遠(yuǎn)于祖父輩; 前輩.

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4. Consider how much more frugal the poor are than we, how much better they forebear hardship.

想想貧困的人比我們節(jié)儉多少,他們?nèi)淌芾Ь潮任覀儚?qiáng)多少.

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5. Moderation: Avoid extremes. Forebear resenting injuries so much as you think they deserve.

適度: 避免極端. 克制怨恨會(huì)帶來多大的傷害僅在自己一念之間.

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