forsake

🇬🇧 UK/fә'seik/🇺🇸 US
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Definitions

v.

To permanently abandon or desert someone or something; to give up or renounce

抛弃,遗弃;放弃,断绝

🧩 Root Breakdown

Native English
forsakeother
=forsake

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    He felt compelled to forsake his comfortable life to pursue his true passion.

  • 2.

    She would never forsake her family despite the difficulties they all faced.

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