Word · Frequency #813
Fully loadedforgetting
记不起来；想不起
forgetting is the present participle of forget.
be unable to remember
- 1.
To lose remembrance of.
忘记；不再记得。
- 2.
To unintentionally not do, neglect.
疏忽；无意中未做。
- 3.
To unintentionally leave something behind.
遗忘；无意中留下某物。
- 4.
To cease remembering.
不再记得；忘却。
忘记做；忘了做；忘带；落下；忘掉；不再想；忘记；不再记得。；疏忽；无意中未做。
In use
I'm sorry, I forgot your name.
Don't forget to lock the door when you leave.
I forgot my umbrella at home, so I got wet in the rain.
forget to do sth
表示忘记做某事（未做）
I forgot to lock the door.
我忘了锁门。
forget doing sth
表示忘记做过某事（已做）
I forgot locking the door.
我忘了锁过门。
forget + noun/pronoun
直接跟宾语，表示忘记某人或某物
I forgot his name.
我忘了他的名字。
Connections
Collocations
- forget about
- 忘记（某事/某人）
- I completely forgot about our appointment.我完全忘记了我们的约会。
- forget to do
- 忘记做某事
- Don't forget to lock the door.别忘了锁门。
- forget doing
- 忘记曾做过某事
- I forgot meeting her last year.我忘记了去年见过她。
- never forget
- 永远不忘
- I will never forget your kindness.我永远不会忘记你的恩情。
- forgot something
- 忘记带某物
- She forgot her umbrella on the bus.她把雨伞忘在公交车上了。
- don't forget
- 别忘了
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想：'for' = 为了，'get' = 得到，但合起来却是'忘记'。
Context & Register
动词'forget'的基本义为'忘记'，常用于日常对话、学习、工作等场合，属于中性语域。在正式写作中也可使用，但口语中更为常见。注意：根据语境不同，'forget'可表示无意中的遗忘，也可表示故意不去想（如'forget about it'）。通常情况下，选择'忘记'义项即可。
Pronunciation & Spelling
The words get, set, bet, pet, net, wet have the same ending sound /ɛt/ as the stressed syllable in 'forget' (fəˈɡɛt). Be careful: 'budget' (/ˈbʌdʒɪt/) and 'target' (/ˈtɑrɡɪt/) end with '-get' but are pronounced with /ɪt/, not /ɛt/.
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 4，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.