forfeit

• n. 罚金；没收物；丧失的东西
• adj. 因受罚而丧失的；被没收的
• vt. （因犯罪、失职、违约等）丧失（权利、名誉、生命等）

for-, 在外面，超过，词源同foreign. -feit, 做，词源同fact.原义为做过头的，越界的，衍生词义犯罪，处罚，没收。

1. something that is lost or surrendered as a penalty;

2. 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"

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

forfeit

forfeit: [13] A forfeit was originally a ‘transgression’ or ‘misdemeanour’. The word comes from Old French forfet, a derivative of the verb forfaire or forsfaire ‘commit a crime’. This was a compound formed from fors- ‘beyond (what is permitted or legal)’, which is descended from Latin forīs ‘outdoor, outside’ (source of English forest and related to foreign), and faire ‘do, act’, which came from Latin facere (whence English fact, fashion, feature, etc).

The etymological meaning ‘misdeed’ was originally taken over from Old French into Middle English (‘Peter was in hand nummen [taken] for forfait he had done’, Cursor mundi 1300), but by the 15th century it was being edged out by ‘penalty imposed for committing such a misdeed’.
=> door, fact, factory, fashion, forest, foreign

forfeit (n.)

late 14c., forfet, "misdeed, offense against established authority," also "something to which the right is lost through a misdeed," from Old French forfet, forfait "crime, punishable offense" (12c.), originally past participle of forfaire "transgress," from for- "outside, beyond" (from Latin foris; see foreign) + faire "to do" (from Latin facere; see factitious). A French version of Medieval Latin foris factum; the notion perhaps is to "do too much, go beyond (what is right)." As an adjective from late 14c., from Old French forfait. Compare foreclose.

forfeit (v.)

mid-14c., " transgress, offend, misbehave;" late 14c., "to lose by misconduct," from forfeit (n.) or from Anglo-French forfet, Old French forfait, past participle of forfaire. Related: Forfeited; forfeits; forfeiting.

If you cancel your flight, you will forfeit your deposit.

乘客取消航班订位，定金概不退还。

牛津词典

He has forfeited his right to be taken seriously.

他被取消了需要认真对待的权利。

牛津词典

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。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

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。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

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。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

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？

柯林斯高阶英语词典

That is the forfeit he must pay.

这是他必须付的罚金。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Those who cling to worthless idols forfeit the grace that could be theirs.

那信奉虚无之神的人,离弃怜爱他们的主;但我必用感谢的声音献祭与你.

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They place their lives in forfeit for what they say. "

他们用生命担保他们所说的一切是真实的. ”

教父部分

Passengers who cancel their reservations will forfeit their deposit.

旅客取消预订票者,定金不予退还.

辞典例句

Corporate restructuring often arises from the financial distress and the forfeit of debt paying ability.

企业重整的发生起因于公司发生财务困难,公司丧失了偿还债务能力,使公司濒临宣告破产的窘境.

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His health was the forfeit he paid for working too hard.

他健康的丧失是他工作过度所付出的代价.

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His teeth are forfeit if the winner wants them!

如果胜者想要的话,他的牙齿将被取下!

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He who murders pays the forfeit of his life.

杀人者偿命.

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Have you ever had to forfeit any of your design ideals to stay in business?

你是否曾经为了销售额而让自己的设计妥协?

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If you continue to tell lies, you will forfeit the good opinion of everyone.

你如果继续撒谎, 就会失掉大家对你的好感.

《现代汉英综合大词典》

Can yet the cease of my true love control, supposed as forfeit to a confined dom.

不能为我的真爱定任何期限, 尽管它假定要牺牲于命定的灭亡.

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Teams that are late for their starting time will forfeit the round.

延误启动时间的队伍,取消其本轮比赛资格.

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His life is forfeit to the people.

他的生命已交由人民处理.

英汉文学 - 双城记

Miss Pinkerton would have sent away miss Sharp bound to her under a forfeit.

若不是有约在先,平克顿小姐真想把夏普小姐赶走.

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If you always tease others like that, you'll forfeit the good opinion of your friends.

你如果老是那样捉弄别人, 你就会丧失朋友们的好感.

辞典例句

All goods may be forfeit to the State in time of war.

战时所有的货物都可能被国家徵用.

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For him to forfeit his favourite hobby would be impossible.

要他放弃他所喜爱的业余爱好是不可能的.

辞典例句

To forfeit ( bail ) by failing court.

丧失,被没收:由于没出庭而失去 ( 保释 )

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What profit is there for one to gain the whole world and forfeit his life?

人纵然赚得了全世界而赔上自己的灵魂,为他有什么益处?

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Yells : Cry for mercy! Your meaningless lives will soon be forfeit.

哀求我 高抬贵手 吧! 你那无意义的生命很快就会被没收!

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Name a film where a cross marks the spot of a murder, or pay the forfeit.

说出一部电影的名字, 情节是谋杀案发地有一个十字,说不出来就受罚!

电影对白

His lands were forfeit.

他的土地都已被没收.

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