forsake
Word family adjectiveforsakenadverbforsakenlynounforsakennessforsakerforsakingverbforsake
for·sake /fəˈseɪk $ fər-/ verb (past tensepst forsook /-ˈsʊk/, past participlepp forsaken /-ˈseɪkən/) [transitiveT] formal1 ALLEAVE A RELATIONSHIPto leave someone, especially when you should stay because they need you 遺棄,抛棄,將…棄之不顧 SYN abandonchildren forsaken by their parents 被父母遺棄的孩子
2 STOP DOING somethingto stop doing, using, or having something that you enjoy 放棄,摒棄;戒掉〔喜愛的事物〕 SYN give upShe will never forsake her vegetarian principles. 她絕不會放棄自己的素食主義原則。
3 LEAVE A PLACEto leave a place, especially when you do not want to 〔尤指不情願地〕離開He has forsaken his native Finland to live in Britain. 他離開祖國芬蘭移居英國。
→ godforsaken Origin forsake Old English forsacan