forfeiting
present participle offorfeit
| 单词 | forfeiting |
| 释义 | forfeiting present participle offorfeit forfeit verb[T] uk/ˈfɔː.fɪt/us/ˈfɔːr.fɪt/tolosetherightto do or have something because you havebrokenarule: If youcancelnow, you forfeityourdeposit. Thesepeoplehave forfeited therighttoliveinsociety. Synonym forgoformal Compare waiveformal Stop having or doing something
Examplesofforfeitingforfeiting In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. And so, complex rules and special cases allow for gaining andforfeitingpoints - sometimes by luck of the throw and sometimes by knowing the information. From theCambridge English Corpus This is an upper bound because it assumes that conservation entailsforfeitingall future streams of income and nonmarket benefits associated with the property. From theCambridge English Corpus Philosophy, at least, was henceforth addicted to this criticism and it cannot protect itself from it withoutforfeitingits own nature. From theCambridge English Corpus Now indirect or opportunity costs - the financial rewards which people areforfeitingby caring - are much more commonly a target of policy. From theCambridge English Corpus Readers can easily understand how mortality credit (an additional yield component) relates toforfeitingbequest potential when purchasing annuities. From theCambridge English Corpus With the introduction of elections and rising expectations for participation and development, chiefs have sought to accommodate demands for change while notforfeitingtheir own right to rule. From theCambridge English Corpus Here it emerges that besides considerable practical difficulties, the argument of fair equality of opportunity remains decisive against the possibility offorfeitingthe right to healthcare. From theCambridge English Corpus In order to justify that inference, one must argue that the evil could have been prevented withoutforfeitingsome greater good or permitting some evil as bad or worse. From theCambridge English Corpus When the expected return on 401(k) contributions is relatively low because of the risk offorfeitingmatching contributions, these individuals would rather consume than contribute. From theCambridge English Corpus And may he not be reduced to the grating necessity offorfeitinghis independence, and of being obliged to the sparing hand of charity for support? From theCambridge English Corpus Salas also believe that operating through a formal organization means surrendering to control by the regime andforfeitingtheir religious integrity. From theCambridge English Corpus These changes can be compared with, for example, those undergone by the lepidopteran that turns from a caterpillar into a butterfly withoutforfeitingits identity. 11. From theCambridge English Corpus It also regulates passengers' responsibilities and the consequences of them neglecting these responsibilities, which may includeforfeitingthe opportunity to claim compensation. FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English To do so would be extremely dangerous; it would mean finallyforfeitingour independence as producers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Agents are now able to earn interest on their assets whileforfeitingless liquidity than in the past. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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