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Forgotten

完成体:have forgotten 已经忘记。形容词:被遗忘的(a forgotten hero);名词 the forgotten 被忽视群体。不规则变化 forget–forgot–forgotten。

  1. “I had forgotten my password and had to reset it.” (我忘了密码,只好重置。)
  2. “The village restored a forgotten trail through the hills.” (村里修复了一条被遗忘的山间小径。)
  3. “She felt forgotten when her messages went unanswered.” (消息无人回复,她觉得自己被遗忘了。)

古英语 forgietan,for-(离开、否定)+ gietan(抓住),意象为“从记忆中松开”。

for- + get + -ten(过去分词);美式口语过去式常用 forgot,分词仍为 forgotten。

文学与电影 The Forgotten 主题常见;社会议题 forgotten communities 被忽视的社区。口语 I’ve forgotten 比 I forgot 更强调对现在的影响。

  • 固定搭配: “long forgotten” (早已被遗忘), “forgotten password” (忘记密码), “nearly forgotten” (几乎忘了)
  • 过去式: forgot;原形: forget

for- 像“抛在身后”,get 抓住 → 没抓住记忆 → forgotten。

“A forgotten notebook in the drawer held sketches from her first trip abroad.” (抽屉里一本被遗忘的笔记本装着她首次出国的素描。)