forego

英 [fɔːˈɡəʊ]

美 [fɔːrˈɡoʊ]

v.  先行，在……前面，发生在……之前；放弃，摒弃；拒绝

过去分词：foregone　现在分词：foregoing　第三人称单数：foregoes　过去式：forewent　

TEM8

BNC.18748 / COCA.17333

柯林斯词典

• VERB 摒弃;摒绝;放弃
  If youforegosomething, you decide to do without it, although you would like it.
  1. Keen skiers are happy to forego a summer holiday to go skiing.
     滑雪爱好者乐于利用暑期假日去滑雪。

英英释义

verb

• lose (s.th.) or lose the right to (s.th.) by some error, offense, or crime
  1. you've forfeited your right to name your successor
  2. forfeited property
  Synonym:forfeitgive upthrow overboardwaiveforgo
• do without or cease to hold or adhere to
  1. We are dispensing with formalities
  2. relinquish the old ideas
  Synonym:waiverelinquishforgoforesweardispense with
• be earlier in time
  1. Stone tools precede bronze tools
  Synonym:predateprecedeforgoantecedeantedate

双语例句

• Does this mean the liberty will forego its Rubicon rating and become just another crossover?
  不知道这究竟意味着自由客将放弃强悍的越野能力，乖乖地变身成另一台跨界车？
• In times of economic crisis, people tend to forego private care and make more use of publicly financed services.
  经济危机期间，人们往往放弃私人医疗服务，而更多地利用公立服务。
• But it also means we forego our chance to think twice and act differently.
  但是，这也意味着我们正在放弃三思而后行的选项。
• Should you forego closing a million dollar deal to attend a ball game with your son?
  你是否应该为了和你儿子一起去打球而拒绝一个价值100万美元的合同？
• Mickey agreed to forego his holiday for the new project.
  为了新项目，米基同意放弃他的假期。
• Mickey agreed to forego his holiday.
  米基同意放弃他的假期。
• Second, other major economies, starting with the G7, should agree to forego currency intervention, except in rare circumstances agreed to by others.
  其次，其它主要经济体（从G7成员国开始）应同意放弃干预汇率的做法，除非是在其它国家一致赞同的极少数情况下。
• They have people who over-consume health care, and pay too much for it, together with people who forego the most basic and essential care for financial and other reasons.
  有些人过多地利用卫生保健并为此支付过多的费用，还有一些人出于经济及其它原因放弃了最基本和必要的医疗。
• Buildings close at a reasonable hour, obliging salarymen to forego hours of masochistic overtime.
  写字楼在正常时间关闭，迫使工薪阶层放弃数小时的自虐式加班。
• This makes it hard to generate enthusiasm for another round of lessons learned, and has been used as an argument to forego collecting any more data.
  这使得很难产生了解另一轮经验的热情，并且用作放弃收集更多数据的论点。