vt. 忘记,忘却;忽略,疏忽;遗落;忘掉
vi. 忘记;忽视;
forget的后面既可以接不定式(to do),也可以接动词的-ing形式,但是表达的意思不同。
1、forget to do something表示“忘记了做某事”,事情还没有做。如:
I’m sorry I forgot to return the library book.
对不起,我忘记归还图书馆的书了。(书没有还)
2、forget doing something表示“忘记曾经做过某事”,事情已经做过了。如:
He forgot going to Shanghai with his parents when he was five years old.
他忘记了五岁时曾跟父母去过上海。(五岁时去过上海)
除了不同的用法之外,forget还有以下几种常用词组:
forget oneself (忘我;奋不顾身)
forget one’s name (忘了某人的名字)
forget it (别提它了;别在意)
1. If you ever cross him, forget it, you're finished.
如果你曾经跟他作过对,就别想了,你没戏了。
2. Would they forgive and forget — or show him the door?
他们会既往不咎吗——还是会对他下逐客令呢?
3. I'm not ever going to forget what you've done for the nippers.
我永远忘不了你为这些小孩子所做的一切。
4. Don't forget, I have always kept the money rolling in.
不要忘记,我总是有大量钱财滚滚而来。
5. I tend to forget things unless I mark them down.
除非把事情记下来,否则我常常会忘事。
6. I found it very easy to forget about Sumner.
我发现忘掉萨姆纳很容易。