小词详解 | forsake

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摘要:The general public has not forsaken cash or credit cards.广大民众并没有弃用现金或信用卡。——《经济学人》Britain was forsaking the European Union, almost

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一、外刊例句

The general public has not forsaken cash or credit cards.广大民众并没有弃用现金或信用卡。——《经济学人》Britain was forsaking the European Union, almost certainly reviving customs checks on both sides of the English Channel, while threatening to disrupt a vital trading relationship.英国正在脱离欧盟,这几乎可以肯定会导致英吉利海峡两岸的海关重新开始验关,同时会威胁搅乱一个至关重要的贸易关系。——《纽约时报》

二、基本释义

[verb] abandon (someone or something)[动词] 抛弃(某人或某事)

三、深入解读

相对于 forsake 而言,一般更为熟悉的是 for the sake of (为了)这个常用表达。尽管都是由 for + sake 构成,但 forsake 的含义却与之大不相同,主要表示“抛弃、遗弃、离开”,侧重断绝感情上的依恋,自愿抛弃所喜欢的人或物,尤指在他人需要时不履行责任,也可以指抛弃信仰或摒弃恶习(forsake a bad habit ),比如:

尽管他们的整个婚姻都是在做戏,但他明确地向妻子说,永远不离开她。He had made it clear to his wife that he would never forsake her, even though their whole marriage had been a charade.她抛开城市的绚烂,去一个宁静的乡间小镇居住。She forsook the glamour of the city and went to live in a sedate country town.

除此之外, forsake 还可以用来表示“离开、告别”某个地方或某物,比如:

一个懒洋洋的搬运工从旅馆门口的隐蔽处走了出来,把我的行李搬了进去。A languid porter forsook the shelter of the inn doorway and brought my bags in.

说到地方, forsake 有一个有趣的衍生词叫 godforsaken ,字面意思是“被上帝抛弃的”,实则用于形容地方“乏味的、沉闷的、丑陋的”,比如:

住在这么个破地方,我受不了。I can't stand living in this godforsaken hole.

最后值得注意的是, forsake 是一个不规则动词,其过去式为 forsook ,其过去分词为 forsaken 。

四、经典用例

Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts.恶人当离弃自己的道路,不义的人当除掉自己的意念。

出自旧约全书(Old Testament)。《旧约圣经》是基督教对《圣经》全书的前一部分的常用称呼。旧约圣经原是犹太教主要经籍《塔纳赫》(Hebrew Bible)。

五、同近义词

abandon: cease to support or look after (someone); desertdesert: abandon (a person, cause, or organization) in a way considered disloyal or treacherousjilt: suddenly reject or abandon (a lover)

来源:译象翻译

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