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forbearing

/fawr-bair/US // fɔrˈbɛər //UK // (fɔːˈbɛə) //

担当,担当的,担当重任,担当者

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Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
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    for·bore [fawr-bawr], /fɔrˈbɔr/, for·borne [fawr-bawrn], /fɔrˈbɔrn/, for·bear·ing.

    • : to refrain or abstain from; desist from.
    • : to keep back; withhold.
    • : Obsolete. to endure.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1

    for·bore [fawr-bawr], /fɔrˈbɔr/, for·borne [fawr-bawrn], /fɔrˈbɔrn/, for·bear·ing.

    • : to refrain; hold back.
    • : to be patient or self-controlled when subject to annoyance or provocation.

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Examples

  • Some readers therefore concluded that the forbearing Dr. Spielvogel must be the hero of the novel.

  • It is only when the making of the vow would be at variance with the requirements of duty, that forbearing to vow would be no sin.

  • This day I did give my man Will a sound lesson about his forbearing to give us the respect due to a master and mistress.

  • Nevertheless, she was forbearing if not loving, and the people said rightly when they said she was admirable.

  • The next visit he was not quite so forbearing, yet still forbearing; and so on by sly gradations.

  • The painters were calm and forbearing, and scrupulously courteous to each other.