這個拼法底下其實是2個不同的字，意思沒有關係， 只是長得一樣。下面分開列出來。跳到 忍住不做 · 祖先
forbear
verb唸法不同同樣的拼法，這個字的唸法跟另一個不一樣。/fɔːˈbeə, fə-/
核心畫面
Picture a hand already lifted to do something — to say the sharp true thing, to send the message, to step in and fix it — and then the hand comes down again, untouched. Nothing stopped it but the person's own judgement: it is wiser, or kinder, to leave this undone. The parts of the word show the same movement, for- (away, not) with bear (to carry): you go on carrying the thing instead of letting it out. The sound belongs to the picture too — as a verb the weight falls at the end, for-BEAR, which is what tells it apart in speech from the noun FOR-bear.
forbear 的畫面可以想成：手已經舉起來要做一件事了——那句又準又利的話、那封訊息、那個插手去改的動作——然後手…更多收起
forbear 的畫面可以想成：手已經舉起來要做一件事了——那句又準又利的話、那封訊息、那個插手去改的動作——然後手又放了下來，什麼也沒碰。攔住這隻手的不是別人，是他自己的判斷：這樣比較明智，或者這樣比較厚道。字的組成也是同一個動作，for-（不去、放開）配上 bear（承受、拿著）：那件事你繼續扛著，不讓它跑出來。連聲音都在這個畫面裡——當動詞時，重音通常落在後面 for-BEAR，這也正是講話時它跟名詞 FOR-bear 分開的地方。From the word’s history
Wiktionary traces the verb to Old English forberan 'to forbear, abstain from, refrain; suffer, endure', built from the Germanic for- prefix with beran 'to carry, bear'. The old sense of carrying and enduring is still doing the work: what you forbear is something you keep inside rather than let out.
Wiktionary 把這個動詞追到古英文 forberan（忍住、戒除、克制；也有承受、忍耐的意思），是 for- 這個字首配上 beran（拿著、承受）。那層「扛著、忍著」的老意思今天還在做事：你 forbear 的東西，是被你留在裡面、沒有放出來的那件事。
Wiktionary entry for forbear (verb, etymology 1), packet etymology_text (source_ref kaikki:3f6f69a190036ae4:790725135:23122)
A second word, same spelling
forbear
noun唸法不同同樣的拼法，這個字的唸法跟另一個不一樣。/ˈfɔːbeə/
核心畫面
This one only looks like the verb. Picture a line of people walking ahead of you down a long road: your grandmother, her mother, and names you have only seen written down. Those are your forbears — the family who went first. Say it with the weight at the front, FOR-bear, and say it in the plural, because it is a line rather than one person. Longman and Wiktionary both point this spelling to forebear, which is the form you will see more often.
這個字只是看起來跟動詞一樣。畫面可以想成一長排走在你前面的人：你的奶奶、奶奶的媽媽，還有一些你只在紙上看過的名字。那…更多收起
這個字只是看起來跟動詞一樣。畫面可以想成一長排走在你前面的人：你的奶奶、奶奶的媽媽，還有一些你只在紙上看過的名字。那些就是你的 forbears——先走的那一批家人。唸的時候重音放前面：FOR-bear，而且要用複數，因為它講的是一條線，不是某一個人。字典和 Wiktionary 都把這個拼法指向 forebear，那才是比較常見的寫法。原始詞典資料5 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
forbearverb詞源 1/fɔːˈbɛə/
- 1
To keep away from; to avoid; to abstain from.
- Mr. Sheriff, I desire that this manacling may be forborn: if you please to clap a guard of a hundred men upon us, I shall pay for it. This is not only a disgrace to me, but in general to all soldiers; which doth more trouble me than the loss of my life.
- The earth shall soon dissolve like snow the sun forbear to shine
- 2
To refrain from proceeding; to pause; to delay.
- Por[tia]. I pray you tarrie, pauſe a day or two Before you hazard, for in chooſing wrong I looſe your companie ; therefore forbeare a while, /[...]
- Then the king of Iſrael gathered the prophets together about foure hundred men, and ſaid vnto them, Shall I goe againſt Ramoth Gilead to battell, or ſhall I forbeare? [...]
- 3
To refuse; to decline; to withsay; to unheed.
- And thou ſhalt ſpeake my words vnto them, whether they will heare or whether they will forbeare, for they are moſt rebellious.
- 4
To control oneself when provoked.
- The kindest and the happiest pair Will find occasion to forbear.
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。