Forfeit

(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'.

欧文校对

• A forfeit--a forfeit, shouted the robbers; a Saxon hath thirty zecchins, and returns sober from a village! 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• His life is forfeit to the people. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• He is going to pay the forfeit: it will be paid in five minutes more. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• The master and mariners, knowing this offence, forfeit all their goods and chattels, and suffer three months imprisonment. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• If the deepest desire be now, to go on into the unknown of death, shall one forfeit the deepest truth for one more shallow? 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• For my little woman is a-listening somewheres, or I'll forfeit the business and five hundred pound! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• And she is very happy, thank God, said Ponsonby, and I would rather forfeit my life than destroy her peace. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• I am at present responsible for his life; it shall not be forfeited for half an hour's idle gossip. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• Before Emma had forfeited her confidence, and about the third time of their meeting, she heard all Mrs. Elton's knight-errantry on the subject. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
• They were Brahmins (he said) who had forfeited their caste in the service of the god. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• I, who forfeited mine long ago! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• You see that even a villain and murderer can inspire such affection that his brother turns to suicide when he learns that his neck is forfeited. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
• If you fail me, then my honor as well as my position are forever forfeited. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
• Your parliament never had a right to govern us, and your king has forfeited it by his bloody tyranny. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• In Norfolk and Norwich, no master weaver can have more than two apprentices, under pain of forfeiting five pounds a-month to the king. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• Aren't we exchanging the substance for the shadow, aren't we forfeiting life for this dead quality of knowledge? 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• If such is the case, and Mr. Micawber forfeits no privilege by entering on these duties, my anxiety is set at rest. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• The person who neglects to balance his account twice in the year, forfeits twenty-five guilders. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• The owner of the ship, knowing this offence, forfeits all his interest in the ship and furniture. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• I'll give you a clue to my trade, in a game of forfeits. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• What's that game at forfeits? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• He likewise forfeits to the king all his lands, goods, and chattels; is declared an alien in every respect; and is put out of the king's protection. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• Tell her to come home soon, and play at forfeits, and make fun. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.

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