forfend
英 [fɔː'fend]
美 [fɔr'fɛnd]
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.
双语例句
- 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.
来自辞典例句
- 2. May God forfend such an unhappy fate!
- 愿神能挡开这样的不幸命运.
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