Forfeit

['fɔːfɪt] or ['fɔrfət]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) the act of losing or surrendering something as a penalty for a mistake or fault or failure to perform etc..

(noun.) a penalty for a fault or mistake that involves losing or giving up something; 'the contract specified forfeits if the work was not completed on time'.

(noun.) something that is lost or surrendered as a penalty;.

(verb.) lose (s.th.) or lose the right to (s.th.) by some error, offense, or crime; 'you've forfeited your right to name your successor'; 'forfeited property'.

欧文校對--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(n.) Injury; wrong; mischief.

(n.) A thing forfeit or forfeited; what is or may be taken from one in requital of a misdeed committed; that which is lost, or the right to which is alienated, by a crime, offense, neglect of duty, or breach of contract; hence, a fine; a mulct; a penalty; as, he who murders pays the forfeit of his life.

(n.) Something deposited and redeemable by a sportive fine; -- whence the game of forfeits.

(n.) Lost or alienated for an offense or crime; liable to penal seizure.

(n.) To lose, or lose the right to, by some error, fault, offense, or crime; to render one's self by misdeed liable to be deprived of; to alienate the right to possess, by some neglect or crime; as, to forfeit an estate by treason; to forfeit reputation by a breach of promise; -- with to before the one acquiring what is forfeited.

(v. i.) To be guilty of a misdeed; to be criminal; to transgress.

(v. i.) To fail to keep an obligation.

(p. p. / a.) In the condition of being forfeited; subject to alienation.

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同義詞及近義詞：

n. Fine, mulct, amercement, penalty, forfeiture.

v. a. Lose (by some offence, by neglect, or by breach of condition).

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同義詞及反義詞：

SYN:Fine, penalty, mulct, amercement, damages, loss

ANT:Premium, bribe, douceur, remuneration, compensation, reward, gratuity

編輯:特鲁迪

解釋/意思:

v.t. to lose the right to by some fault or crime:—pr.p. for′feiting; pa.p. for′feited.—n. that which is forfeited: a penalty for a crime or breach of some condition: a fine: something deposited and redeemable by a sportive fine or penalty esp. in pl. a game of this kind.—adj. forfeited.—adj. For′feitable.—ns. For′feiter (Shak.) one who incurs punishment by forfeiting his bond; For′feiture act of forfeiting: state of being forfeited: the thing forfeited.

編輯:波西亚