喜樂美語
  1. 1v/fərˈseɪk/ · /fəˈseɪk/abandon someone遺棄

    正式To leave someone you should stay with, especially at a time when they need your help.

    「forsake」是很重、很舊式的一個字，帶著道德上的責備：它不只是離開，而是「在對方最需要的時候走掉」，所以常跟父母、朋友、信仰放在一起。日常說話幾乎不用，多半出現在文學、婚禮誓詞和新聞標題裡；平常要講離開某人，英文會說 leave 或 abandon。

    示範例句 · Example

    The story is about children forsaken by the adults who raised them.

    中文翻譯這個故事是關於被養育他們的大人所遺棄的孩子。

    常見搭配

    • forsake somebody

      遺棄某人

      to leave a person who depends on you

      He promised he would never forsake his family.

    • forsaken by somebody

      被某人遺棄

      left alone by people who should have stayed

      The characters feel forsaken by everyone they trusted.

    • forsaking all others

      排除其他所有人（婚誓用語）

      leaving every other person aside — the wording used in wedding vows

      The vow says 'forsaking all others, as long as we both shall live'.

    用法接近

    neglectreject

    意思相反

    supportstand by

  2. 2v/fərˈseɪk/ · /fəˈseɪk/give up a habit or belief捨棄

    正式To give up something you like or believe in, such as a habit, a comfort, or a way of living.

    這一層可以想成把「離開一個人」搬到「離開一件事」：你放掉的是自己喜歡或相信的東西，例如一種習慣、一種生活方式、一個原則。用 forsake 而不用 give up，語氣正式而且有重量，聽起來像是掙扎過的決定。常見的組合是 forsake your principles、forsake city life。

    常見搭配

    • forsake your principles

      捨棄自己的原則

      to stop living by the beliefs you hold

      She will never forsake her vegetarian principles.

    • forsake city life

      捨棄城市生活

      to give up living in a city

      They forsook city life for a small farm.

    • forsake a habit

      戒掉一個習慣

      to give up something you do regularly

      He forsook the habit of checking his phone at dinner.

    用法接近

    sacrificedrop

    意思相反

    keepcontinuestick to

  3. 3v/fərˈseɪk/ · /fəˈseɪk/leave your home or homeland離開（家鄉）

    正式To leave a place you belong to, often when you would rather stay.

    這一層的受詞是地方，而且多半是自己的家鄉、老家、故土。用 forsake 而不用 leave，是要讓讀者感覺到捨不得——常常是為了工作或生活才不得不走。所以它很常跟 native、hometown、homeland 這些字一起出現，也常出現在人物介紹和報導的第一句。

    常見搭配

    • forsake your native country

      離開祖國

      to leave the country you were born in

      He forsook his native Finland to live in Britain.

    • forsake your hometown

      離開家鄉

      to leave the town you grew up in

      Work slowly made them forsake their hometown.

    • forsake a village

      捨棄一個村子

      to move away from a small place, leaving it emptier

      Many families forsook the village after the factory closed.

    用法接近

    emigrateflee

    意思相反

    stayremainsettle

原始詞典資料4 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，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。

forsakeverb/fɔːˈseɪk/

  • 1

    To abandon, to give up, to leave (permanently), to renounce (someone or something).

    • Doeſt thou forſake the deuill and all his workes? / Aunſwere. I forſake them.
    • Such hazard now muſt doting Tarqvin make, / Pawning his honor to obtaine his luſt, / And for himſelfe, himſelfe he muſt forſake.
  • 2

    obsoleteTo decline or refuse (something offered).

    • The youthful Bull muſt wander in the Wood; / Behind the Mountain, or beyond the Flood: / [...] / With two fair Eyes his Miſtreſs burns his Breaſt; / He looks and languiſhes, and leaves his Reſt; / Forſakes his Food, and pining for the Laſs, / Is joyleſs of the Grove, and ſpurns the growing Graſs.
  • 3

    obsoleteTo avoid or shun (someone or something).

    • This was that Pascall lambe [i.e., Jesus] whose loue for vs so stood, / That on the mount of Caluerie, for vs did shed his blood: / Where hanging on the Crosse, no shame he did forsake, / Till death giuen him by pearcing speare, an ende of life did make.
  • 4

    obsoleteTo cause disappointment to; to be insufficient for (someone or something).

    • Theſe birds, on the continent of America, continue to flutter the year round; as their food, which is the honey of flowers, never forſakes them in thoſe warm latitudes where they are found.

摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。