单词 | forefend |
释义 | forefend (once / 51613 pages) v WORD FAMILY forefend: forefended, forefending, forefends+/fend: fended, fender, fending, fends, forefend/fender: fenders USAGE EXAMPLESHeaven forefend that I should live to see you so again. Dryden, John, Dryden's Works Vol. 3 (of 18)—Sir M...(2011) "Heaven forefend!" cried her companion, "then you would be doomed to dance the death-dance." Martinengo-Cesaresco, Countess Evelyn, Essays in the Study of Folk-Songs (...(2011) And if rash Eros bids you try To steal a kiss, however shy, Her face grows pale—Heaven forefend!— Sudermann, Hermann, The Song of Songs(2011) v prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening Syn|Hyper avert, avoid, debar, deflect, fend off, forfend, head off, obviate, stave off, ward off forbid, foreclose, forestall, preclude, prevent keep from happening or arising; make impossible |
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