forfeit 的核心含义围绕“因违规、过失或选择而丧失某物”，兼具名词、动词和形容词词性。其英式音标为 /ˈfɔː.fɪt/，美式音标为 /ˈfɔːr.fɪt/ 。作为动词时表示“丧失（权利、财产等）”，名词指“罚金、丧失物”，形容词则描述“被没收的、丧失了的”状态 。

用法与搭配

动词用法
作及物动词时，后接具体事物或抽象概念，如权利、金钱、健康等。常见搭配包括：

forfeit the right to（丧失……的权利）：He forfeited his right to appeal by missing the deadline.

forfeit money/deposit（没收钱款/押金）：Passengers who cancel late will forfeit their deposit .

forfeit health/opportunity（失去健康/机会）：Her health was the forfeit she paid for overwork .

名词用法
指“罚金”或“被迫放弃之物”，如：

pay a forfeit（缴纳罚金）

the forfeit of life（生命的丧失）

形容词用法
通常置于名词后，描述“被没收的”状态，如：The stolen goods are now forfeit .

短语搭配

forfeit bail：保释后未出庭而丧失保释金

forfeit deposit：没收押金

forfeit civil rights：丧失公民权

forfeit the game：放弃比赛（因违规或弃权）

例句

杀人者必须以命抵命：He who murders pays the forfeit of his life .

取消预订将失去押金：Canceling reservations will forfeit your deposit .

过劳使他丧失健康：Years of overwork made him forfeit his health .

迟到者丧失领奖资格：Latecomers will forfeit their chance to claim the prize .

违规者罚金50卢比：Those who violate the rule forfeit 50 rupees .

放弃誓言宁愿死亡：I'll die rather than forfeit my pledge .

财产因犯罪被没收：His property was forfeited due to his criminal acts .

错过期限丧失上诉权：She forfeited her appeal right by missing the deadline .

团队弃权输掉比赛：The team had to forfeit the game due to player shortages .

健康是过劳的代价：Her health was the forfeit of working 12-hour days .

从法律处罚到日常选择，forfeit 始终强调“失去的后果”。它提醒我们：每一个决定都可能伴随无形的“丧失物”，你最近是否因某个选择“forfeit”了什么？