Forsake
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[编辑] 解释
[编辑] GRE 红宝书
- v. 遗弃; 放弃
- ［英］ v. 遗弃 ( to leave, abandon) 放弃 ( to give up; renounce)
- ［记］ 分割记忆: for ( 出去) +sake ( 缘故) -> 为了某种缘故而抛出去
- ［例］ forsake the religion. a forsaken look.
[编辑] Webster Collegiate
transitive verb (forsook; forsaken; forsaking)
- Etymology: Middle English, from Old English forsacan, from for- + sacan to dispute; akin to Old English sacu action at law — more at sake
- Date: before 12th century
- to renounce or turn away from entirely <friends have forsaken her><forsook the theater for politics>
- Synonyms: see abandon
