音标:[ˈfɔ:fitid] ;
v. (因违反协议、犯规、受罚等)丧失, 失去( forfeit的过去式和过去分词 )
v lose (s.th.) or lose the right to (s.th.) by some error, offense, or crime
s surrendered as a penalty

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forfeit的用法和样例:

例句

用作名词(n.)
  1. He who murders pays the forfeit of his life.杀人者偿命。
  2. If you lose the game, you will have to pay a forfeit.如果你比赛输了,就得受罚。
  3. Give me your watch as a forfeit.你输了
  4. Her health was the forfeit she paid for working too hard.她的健康的丧失是辛劳过度所致。
用作及物动词(vt.)
  1. Those who move will forfeit 50 rupees.动者将罚款50卢比。
  2. Passengers who cancel their reservations will forfeit their deposit.旅客取消预订票者,定金不予退还。
  3. He forfeited his health due to years of hard work.多年艰苦的劳动使他丧失了健康。
  4. If you don't return the article to the shop within a week, you forfeit your chance of getting your money back.如果你不把物品归还商店,你就丧失了取回钱的机会。
  5. I'll die rather than forfeit my pledge to her.我宁可死也不愿背弃我对她的誓言。
  6. If I worked for another car company I would forfeit the money.如果我再到另一家汽车公司工作,那我就得放弃这笔钱。
用作形容词(adj.)
  1. All goods may be forfeit to the State in time of war.战时所有的货物都可能被国家徵用。
  2. His lands were forfeit.他的土地都已被没收。

常见句型

用作动词(v.)
用作及物动词S+ ~+n./pron.
  1. We can't forfeit the occasion.我们不能失去这个机会。
  2. She forfeited her chance of entering the competition by not posting her form in time.她因为没有及时把表格寄去,从而丧失了参赛的机会。
用作名词(n.)
  1. If you lose the game,you will have to pay a forfeit.如果你输了比赛,就得受罚。
用作形容词(adj.)
用作表语S+be+~
  1. The situation was dangerous and she felt her life might be forfeit.形势非常危险,她感到可能会丢掉性命。

词汇搭配

  • pay forfeit money[经] 付罚金
  • victory by forfeit弃权获胜
  • voluntary forfeit自动弃权
  • forfeited game放弃比赛
  • forfeit one's bail保释后不如期出庭受审...
  • forfeit the good opinion of失掉 ... 的好评...

经典引文

  • The saying of prayers and sewing-up in bedding of those whose lives had been forfeit.

    出自:J. G. Farrell
  • My life and effects were all forfeited to the English government.

    出自:Defoe
  • He ran away three times and three times forfeited his wages.

    出自:B. Chatwin
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