forbears是什么意思？

forbears

英[fɒrbeəz] 美[fɒrberz]

• v. <正>（尤指为表示礼貌或耐心而）克制，忍耐，容忍( forbear的第三人称单数 )，宗，祖宗；

例句

• He always forbears his enemies. 他总是容忍敌人.
• I inherited a hardy constitution from sturdy forbears. 我自祖先那儿遗传到强壮的体格.

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• VERB
  忍耐;克制;避免
  If you forbear to do something, you do not do it although you have the opportunity or the right to do it.
  例句
  I forbore to comment on this... 我克制自己对此不予置评。 Protesters largely forbore from stone-throwing and vandalism. 抗议者绝大多数没有投掷石头和蓄意破坏。