forsake

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++for·sake /fəˈseɪk $ fər-/ verb (past tense forsook /-ˈsʊk/, past participle forsaken /-ˈseɪkən/) [transitive] formal  1  ALLEAVE A RELATIONSHIPto leave someone, especially when you should stay because they need you 遗弃，抛弃，将…弃之不顾 SYN abandon children forsaken by their parents 被父母遗弃的孩子2  STOP DOING somethingto stop doing, using, or having something that you enjoy 放弃，摒弃；戒掉〔喜爱的事物〕 SYN give up She will never forsake her vegetarian principles. 她绝不会放弃自己的素食主义原则。3  LEAVE A PLACEto leave a place, especially when you do not want to 〔尤指不情愿地〕离开 He has forsaken his native Finland to live in Britain. 他离开祖国芬兰移居英国。 → godforsaken→ See Verb table

Examples from the Corpus

forsake• If Barlaston can be saved, no other major country house need be forsaken.• Disappointed customers and forsaken employees pretty much had to tough it out alone.• They have a certain vibrancy, an eye-catching quality, and they go for impact without forsaking good taste.• Gwendolyn begged Hugo not to forsake her.• More than 80 older men and women have forsaken retirement to help at local schools.• They were as welcoming as ever; a little surprised because they had thought I had forsaken them.• When science forsakes this basis it loses its way.Origin forsake Old English forsacan

for·sake verbChineseSyllable  

should because leave stay to they especially Corpus someone, when you

forsake
for‧sake /fəˈseɪk $ fər-/ verb (past tense forsook /-ˈsʊk/, past participle forsaken /-ˈseɪkən/) [transitive] formal1. to leave someone, especially when you should stay because they need you
   SYN  abandon:
    children forsaken by their parents
2. to stop doing, using, or having something that you enjoy
   SYN  give up:
    She will never forsake her vegetarian principles.
3. to leave a place, especially when you do not want to:
    He has forsaken his native Finland to live in Britain.
⇨ godforsaken

for·sakeBrE /fəˈseɪk/ 🔊NAmE /fərˈseɪk/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they forsake BrE /fəˈseɪk/ 🔊 NAmE /fərˈseɪk/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it forsakes BrE /fəˈseɪks/ 🔊 NAmE /fərˈseɪks/ 🔊past simple forsook BrE /fəˈsʊk/ 🔊 NAmE /fərˈsʊk/ 🔊past participle forsaken BrE /fəˈseɪkən/ 🔊 NAmE /fərˈseɪkən/ 🔊 -ing form forsaking BrE /fəˈseɪkɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /fərˈseɪkɪŋ/ 🔊 (literary) ~ sb/sth (for sb/sth) to leave sb/sth, especially when you have a responsibility to stay 抛弃，遗弃，离开（尤指不履行责任） SYN abandon ◆He had made it clear to his wife that he would never forsake her. 他明确地向妻子说，永远不离开她。🔊🔊~ sth (for sb/sth) to stop doing sth, or leave sth, especially sth that you enjoy 摒弃，离开（尤指喜爱的事物） SYN renounce ◆She forsook the glamour of the city and went to live in the wilds of Scotland. 她抛开城市的绚烂，去苏格兰荒原居住。🔊🔊  ➡  see also godforsaken