forbears
v. <正>(尤指為表示禮貌或耐心而)剋制,忍耐,容忍( forbear的第三人稱單數 ); 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...
我剋制自己對此不予置評。
Protesters largely forbore from stone-throwing and vandalism.
抗議者絕大多數沒有投擲石頭和蓄意破壞。
I inherited a hardy constitution from sturdy forbears.
我自祖先那兒遺傳到強壯的體格.
He always forbears his enemies.
他總是容忍敵人.