forfend
英 [fɔː'fend]
美[fɔr'fɛnd]
- vt. 防避；防止；防护
词组搭配
God (或Heaven) forfend
(archaic or humorous)used to express dismay or horror at the thought of something happening
(古 或 幽默)但愿不会如此，苍天不容（表示惊愕或恐惧）
God forfend that we should ever allow the media to tell us how to run our business.
让媒体告诉我们如何经营？天哪，千万不要这样！。
实用场景例句
- May God forfend such an unhappy fate!
- 愿神能挡开这样的不幸命运.
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词态变化
第三人称单数: forfends;过去式: forfended;过去分词: forfended;现在分词: forfending;
中文词源
forfend 阻止
for-, 完全的。fend, 阻挡。
英文词源
- forfend
- forfend: see defend
- forfend (v.)
- also forefend, late 14c., "to protect; to prohibit; to avert, fend off, prevent," a hybrid from for- + fend "to ward off." Archaic, if not obsolete.
双语例句
- 1. It is the duty of the courts also to forfend the rights of citizens.
- 保护公民的权利也是法庭的职责.
来自辞典例句
- 2. May God forfend such an unhappy fate!
- 愿神能挡开这样的不幸命运.
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