forfeits

英 [ˈfɔːfɪts]

美 [ˈfɔːrfɪts]

v.  (因犯错)丧失，被没收
forfeit的第三人称单数

柯林斯词典

• VERB (因违反规定等)被没收，丧失
  If youforfeitsomething, you lose it or are forced to give it up because you have broken a rule or done something wrong.
  1. He was ordered to forfeit more than £1.5m in profits...
     下令没收了他 150 多万英镑的盈利。
  2. He argues that murderers forfeit their own right to life.
     他辩称杀人犯本身已经丧失了生存的权利。
• VERB (尤指为获得他物)主动放弃
  If youforfeitsomething, you give it up willingly, especially so that you can achieve something else.
  1. He has forfeited a lucrative fee but feels his well-being is more important...
     他主动放弃了可观的酬金，觉得自己的健康更加重要。
  2. Do you think that they would forfeit profit in the name of safety?
     你认为他们会为了安全而放弃利润吗？
• N-COUNT 罚金;没收物
  Aforfeitis something that you have to give up because you have done something wrong.
  1. That is the forfeit he must pay.
     这是他必须付的罚金。

双语例句

• Successful men will have to change seats every seven minutes while, at the instigation of former users, activities such as a winking game have been introduced, with prizes and forfeits.
  交友成功的男生每隔7分钟左右会交换一次座位，好多过往参与者都纷纷献计，表示中间可以穿插譬如眨眼游戏这样的小活动，并设置奖品及惩罚办法。
• For what will it profit a man, if he gains the whole world and forfeits his life?
  人纵然赚得了全世界，却赔上了自己的灵魂，为他有甚麽益处？
• Let's play forfeits.
  让我们来玩罚物游戏。
• If he does any of those things, he merely forfeits future pay, stock grants, or unvested or unexercised options.
  如果他存在上述任何一个行为，他只会失去未来的薪酬、股票赠予、未分配或未执行期权。
• The buyer should then notify the Seller of the nonconformity of the goods within a reasonable period as of the moment he noticed or should have noticed the defect; otherwise he forfeits his right to raise a claim based on the said non-conformity.
  买方应在注意或应当注意到瑕疵后的合理期限内通知卖方货物不符合合同的规格；否则，他将丧失就上述不符规格而提起索赔的权利。
• Its disappearing in the modernization drive can be regarded as an example of the forfeits of village resources.
  在现代化进程中，具有数百年历史的巴结布依族村落的消失就是民族村落资源丧失的一个代表。
• But if you cancel it exactly on the starting day, the tour company usually forfeits the entire money.
  但是如果你在开始取消一天完全相同，旅游公司通常会断送整个钱。
• It is about who might assume the lead in world trade when the leader forfeits claim to the title.
  它也是在世界钢铁制造领导者虚位以待时，谁可能夺取这一地位的战争。
• Any who dare touch a savant without that permission immediately forfeits their life, this of course does not hold true for other savants, for they usually avoid contact with eachother anyway.
  无论什么人胆敢违反都会立刻处死，当然这对其他博学长老不适用，不管怎样他们通常避免互相接触。
• What good will it be for a man if he gains the whole world, yet forfeits his soul?
  人若赚得全世界，赔上自己的生命，有什么益处呢。