forfend的意思

forfend

英式音标[fɔr'fɛnd]
美式英标[fɔː'fend]

基本解释

vt. 防避；防止；防护

中文词源

forfend 阻止

for-, 完全的。fend, 阻挡。

英文词源

forfend: forfend: see defend
forfend (v.): also forefend, late 14c., "to protect; to prohibit; to avert, fend off, prevent," a hybrid from for- + fend "to ward off." Archaic, if not obsolete.

实用例句

1. It is the duty of the courts also to forfend the rights of citizens.: 保护公民的权利也是法庭的职责.

2. May God forfend such an unhappy fate!: 愿神能挡开这样的不幸命运.

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