forbears
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
If you forbear to do something, you do not do it although you have the opportunity or the right to do it.
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。
I inherited a hardy constitution from sturdy forbears.
我自祖先那儿遗传到强壮的体格.
He always forbears his enemies.
他总是容忍敌人.