he always forbears his enemies的翻译是他总是祖先乃他的敌人
do credit to our forbears继承先辈的优秀传统
V-T/V-I（及物动词/不及物动词） If you forbear to do something, you do not do it although you have the opportunity or the right to do it. 忍住 [正式]
I forbore to comment on this.
我不欲评论它