forsake /fəˈseɪk/ star1 CET6+ TEM8 (forsaking,forsook,/fɔːˈsʊk/forsakes)

• 1.  

  V-T（及物动词） If you forsake someone, you leave them when you should have stayed, or you stop helping them or looking after them. 离弃 [文学性]

  例：

  I still love him and I would never forsake him.

  我仍然爱他，我永远不会离弃他。

• 2.  

  V-T（及物动词） If you forsake something, you stop doing it, using it, or having it. 放弃 [文学性]

  例：

  He doubted their claim to have forsaken military solutions to the civil war.

  他对他们声称已经放弃以军事手段解决内战的说法有怀疑。