forget
verb
uk/fəˈɡet/us/fɚˈɡet/present participleforgetting|past tenseforgot|past participleforgottenforgetverb(NOT REMEMBER)
B1[IorT]
to beunabletorememberafact, something thathappened, or how to do something:
忘记,遗忘I'msorry, I've forgottenyourname.对不起,我忘了你的名字。
Let me write down thatdatebefore I forget it.在我忘记之前,让我把日期写下来吧。
IcompletelyforgotaboutJenny'sparty.我完全忘记了詹妮的聚会。
[+ (that)]We had forgotten(that)she doesn't come onThursdays.我们都忘了,她星期四都是不来的。
I'msorry, I was forgetting(= I had forgotten)(that)you would be away inAugust.抱歉,我忘了你8月不在。
[+ -ing verb]She would never forgetseeingthe Himalayas for the firsttime.她永远也不会忘记第一次看到喜马拉雅山时的情景。
[+ question word]I've forgottenwhat you do next/howto do it.我忘了你下一步做什么/怎么做。
I never forgetaface(= I'm good atrememberingpeople).我记人很在行。
to forget something
- forgetI can't believe I've forgotten her birthday!
- slip your mindI meant to tell you that he'd phoned, but it completely slipped my mind.
- be on the tip of your tongueOh, what was that movie called? It's on the tip of my tongue.
- escape youThe name of her book escapes me at the moment.
- blank outThe dinner where he admitted the affair was so painful that I must have blanked it out.
not forgetting
UK
including:
包括This is where wekeepall thebooks, not forgetting themagazinesandnewspapers.这是我们放书的地方,包括杂志和报纸。
- I'll write it down now so I won't forget.
- Weleftin such ahurrythat we forgotourtickets.
- Ifeelsoguiltyabout forgetting herbirthday.
- Iwantto forget thewholething.
- It's eitherSpanishorPortuguesethat shespeaks, but I've forgotten which.
Forgetting and forgetfulness
- absent-minded
- absent-mindedly
- absent-mindedness
- amnesia
- amnesiac
- anterograde
- blur
- bury
- erase
- fall/slip through the cracksidiom
- featherbrained
- forget itidiom
- forgetful
- forgetfully
- radar
- remove
- retrograde
- retrograde amnesia
- rusty
- scatterbrained
forgetverb(NOT DO)
A1[I+ to infinitive,T]
to notrememberto do something:
忘记做Don't forget tolockthedoor.别忘了锁门。
Dad's always forgetting (to take) hispills.爸爸总是忘记吃药。
- Don't forget toclaim(for)yourtravellingexpensesafter theinterview.
- Don't forget tofeedthetomatoes.
- Someprizeidiotforgot tolockthedoor.
- He had forgotten toplugthetelevisioninto themainssocket.
- Heragedat us for forgetting toorderareplacement.
Forgetting and forgetfulness
- absent-minded
- absent-mindedly
- absent-mindedness
- amnesia
- amnesiac
- anterograde
- blur
- bury
- erase
- fall/slip through the cracksidiom
- featherbrained
- forget itidiom
- forgetful
- forgetfully
- radar
- remove
- retrograde
- retrograde amnesia
- rusty
- scatterbrained
forgetverb(NOT BRING)
A2[T]
to notbringsomething with you because you did notrememberit:
忘记带I forgot mykeys.我忘了带钥匙。
non-standardI forgot(=left)mywalletathome.
- When he got to theairporthefoundhe'd forgotten hispassport.
- I thenrealized, to myabsolutehorror, that I had forgotten thepresent.
- I've forgotten myumbrella- what anuisance!
- Irealizedtoo late that I'd forgotten thetickets.
- I've forgotten my door-keys - we'dbettertrythewindow.
Forgetting and forgetfulness
- absent-minded
- absent-mindedly
- absent-mindedness
- amnesia
- amnesiac
- anterograde
- blur
- bury
- erase
- fall/slip through the cracksidiom
- featherbrained
- forget itidiom
- forgetful
- forgetfully
- radar
- remove
- retrograde
- retrograde amnesia
- rusty
- scatterbrained
forgetverb(STOP THINKING)
B1[IorT]
tostopthinkingabout someone or something:
忘掉,不再想Hetriedto forget her.他尽量不再想她。
Itseemedunlikelythat thedebtwouldeverbepaidoff so we just forgot(about)it.那笔债似乎不太可能偿还,所以我们就不再把它放在心上了。
Forgetting and forgetfulness
- absent-minded
- absent-mindedly
- absent-mindedness
- amnesia
- amnesiac
- anterograde
- blur
- bury
- erase
- fall/slip through the cracksidiom
- featherbrained
- forget itidiom
- forgetful
- forgetfully
- radar
- remove
- retrograde
- retrograde amnesia
- rusty
- scatterbrained
forgetverb(BEHAVE BADLY)
forgetyourself
toactin asociallyunacceptableway because you havelostcontrolofyouremotions:
举止不得体,失态He was soangryhe forgot himself andsworeloudly.他太生气了,就不成体统地破口大骂起来。
I doapologize- I forgot myself!
Isimplyforgot myself for amoment-blameit on thewine.
In all theexcitement, I forgot myself andthrewmyarmsaround him.
In hisenthusiasmhe wasaptto forget himself, and hefrequentlyhad toapologizelater.
John, forgetting himself,suddenlyburstintosong.
Humiliating and degrading
- abase
- abasement
- be under a cloudidiom
- bring/takesomeonedown a peg (or two)idiom
- bruisesomeone'segoidiom
- debase
- deflate
- disgraced
- dishonour
- dishonourable
- doghouse
- exhibition
- ignominiously
- ignominy
- in the doghouseidiom
- indignity
- knocksomeoneofftheirpedestalidiom
- stoop
- stoop tosomething
- undignified
Grammar
Forgetorleave?
We sometimes use forget when we don’t remember to bring something with us:…Idioms
and don't you forget it
forget it