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forfeiting

/fawr-fit/US // ˈfɔr fɪt //UK // (ˈfɔːfɪt) //

没收,弃权,被没收的,被没收

Related Words

relinquish放弃,弃权,弃置,捐弃abandon抛弃,放弃,舍弃,弃置surrender投降,交出,投诚,缴械投降renounce摒弃,摈弃,背弃,抛弃lose失去,损失,丧失,失去了loss损失,亏损,损耗,丧失penalty惩罚,罚款,刑罚,罚则cost费用,成本,费用方面relinquishment放弃,弃权,弃权书,辞职mulct闷闷不乐,闷声发大财,闷棍,闷闷不乐的fine罚款,精细,精细的,细致damages损失,损害赔偿,损失赔偿,损害赔偿金sacrifice牺牲,祭祀,牺牲品,牺性drop下降,跌落,掉落,滴give over交出,放弃,移交,放下

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a fine; penalty.
    • : an act of forfeiting; forfeiture.
    • : something to which the right is lost, as for commission of a crime or misdeed, neglect of duty, or violation of a contract.
    • : an article deposited in a game because of a mistake and redeemable by a fine or penalty.
    • : forfeits, a game in which such articles are taken from the players.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to subject to seizure as a forfeit.
    • : to lose or become liable to lose, as in consequence of crime, fault, or breach of engagement.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : lost or subject to loss by forfeiture.

Synonyms & Antonyms

verbgive up something in sacrifice
Synonyms
abandon抛弃,放弃,舍弃,弃置lose失去,损失,丧失,失去了relinquish放弃,弃权,弃置,捐弃renounce摒弃,摈弃,背弃,抛弃surrender投降,交出,投诚,缴械投降drop下降,跌落,掉落,滴sacrifice牺牲,祭祀,牺牲品,牺性be deprived of被剥夺了,被剥夺了的,被剥夺,被剥夺的be stripped of褫夺,被剥夺了,被剥夺,被剥夺的give over交出,放弃,移交,放下

Examples

  • Dark patterns come in many forms and can trick a person out of time or money or into forfeiting personal data.

  • The person who takes enormous offense over an honest mistake forfeits some measure of her respect, if not the right to be properly addressed.

  • By resigning, he forfeited the salary he was due for the final two years of his Middle Tennessee contract, though he hasn’t ruled out a lawsuit against the school.

  • Bute pleaded guilty and agreed to forfeit eight vacation days for the misconduct, but the commissioner, citing “the interest of justice,” reduced the penalty to five days of lost vacation.

  • Had Xiaomi kept its supply chain in place—it was almost entirely based in China at the time—the tariffs would have forced it to raise prices, forfeiting a big competitive edge.

  • Our response for eight years has been to allow China to pursue its interests aggressively, while forfeiting our own.

  • Chamberlain, of course, chose Rome over the object of his heart's ache, forfeiting love and dying a broken man.

  • He was alike capable of sacrificing all his feelings to worldly considerations or of forfeiting the world for a visionary caprice.

  • No man wins triumphs in that way, without forfeiting some palms of glory.

  • Do you remember forfeiting several thousand dollars to him one evening in a certain room?

  • M. Louis Blanc has certainly no idea of forfeiting either of these attractions by laying claim to the other.

  • Mr Graham himself frequently joined in both, without incurring the slightest danger of forfeiting respect by condescension.

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