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forsook

/fawr-sook/US // fɔrˈsʊk //UK // (fəˈsʊk) //

塾,为淑

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Definitions

v.动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : the simple past tense of forsake.

Synonyms & Antonyms

verbabandon, turn one's back on

Examples

  • But fortunately for Webster, he was also a marketing genius whose “fortitude never forsook him.”

  • Gradually he forsook his wife, whom he deceived on account of Madame de Serizy.

  • He wished to marry Modeste Mignon but forsook her quickly enough when he found out that her family was bankrupt.

  • He forsook Tiphaine's party for the Liberals headed by lawyer Vinet.

  • But in a minute he saw her, and for once his self-possession temporarily forsook him.

  • When they thought I was done for, the rats forsook the sinking ship.