forfeit

forfeit

英 ['fɔːfɪt]
　　美 ['fɔrfət]

n. 罰金；沒收物；喪失的東西
　　adj. 因受罰而喪失的；被沒收的
　　vt. （因犯罪、失職、違約等）喪失（權利、名譽、生命等）

中文詞源：

forfeit 被沒收，罰金

for-, 在外面，超過，詞源同foreign. -feit, 做，詞源同fact.原義為做過頭的，越界的，衍生詞義犯罪，處罰，沒收。

例句：

1. He was ordered to forfeit more than £1.5m in profits.
下令沒收瞭他150多萬英鎊的盈利。

2. That is the forfeit he must pay.
這是他必須付的罰金。

3. If you cancel your flight, you will forfeit your deposit.
乘客取消航班訂位，定金概不退還。

4. Her health was the forfeIt'she paid for working too hard.
她的健康的喪失是辛勞過度所致.

5. Do you think that they would forfeit profit in the name of safety?
你認為他們會為瞭安全而放棄利潤嗎？