单词 | forget |
释义 | forget (once / 29 pages) v When you forget something, you can't recall or remember it. An actor who forgets his lines might need some helpful cues from the other actors on stage. You might forget on online password, or forget to return your library books. You can also deliberately forget something: "I've decided to forget about becoming rich and famous and focus on what I like to do." When you accidentally leave something behind, like your umbrella, you also forget it. The Old English root of forget is forgietan, "fail to remember or neglect inadvertently." WORD FAMILYforget: forgetful, forgeting, forgets, forgettable, forgetting, forgot, forgotten+/forgetful: forgetfully, forgetfulness, self-forgetful/forgetfulness: forgetfulnesses/forgettable: forgettably, unforgettable/forgotten: forgottenly/unforgettable: unforgettably USAGE EXAMPLESOn Monday, Jackson, Brown and strategy director Paul DePodesta spent 35 minutes doing their autopsy on a season they can’t wait to forget. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) But as for the first, a Chinese nationalism: forget it. Economist(Nov 03, 2016) The spread of the right to be forgotten is part of a wider trend towards the fragmentation of the internet. Economist(Nov 03, 2016) 1v dismiss from the mind; stop remembering Syn|Ant|Hypo bury remember, think of keep in mind for attention or consideration unlearn try to forget; put out of one's memory or knowledge repress, suppressput out of one's consciousness swallowkeep from expressing 2v be unable to remember Syn|Ant|Hypo blank out, block, draw a blank call back, call up, recall, recollect, remember, retrieve, think recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection slip, slip one's mind pass out of one's memory 3v forget to do something Don't forget to call the chairman of the board to the meeting! Ant|Hyper bear in mind, mind keep in mind drop, leave out, miss, neglect, omit, overleap, overlook, pretermit leave undone or leave out 4v leave behind unintentionally I forgot my umbrella in the restaurant Syn|Hyper leave leave go and leave behind, either intentionally or by neglect or forgetfulness lose miss from one's possessions; lose sight of |
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