forfend

• vt. 防避；防止；防护

for-, 完全的。fend, 阻挡。

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.

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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