forgo

英 [fɔːˈɡəʊ]

美 [fɔːrˈɡoʊ]

v.  放弃，弃绝(想做的事或想得之物)

现在分词：forgoing　过去式：forwent　第三人称单数：forgoes　过去分词：forgone　

GREIELTSTEM8

BNC.18571 / COCA.12568

牛津词典

verb

• 放弃，弃绝（想做的事或想得之物）
  to decide not to have or do sth that you would like to have or do
  1. No one was prepared to forgo their lunch hour to attend the meeting.
     谁都不愿意放弃午餐时间出席会议。

柯林斯词典

• → see:forego

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 overboardwaiveforego
• do without or cease to hold or adhere to
  1. We are dispensing with formalities
  2. relinquish the old ideas
  Synonym:waiverelinquishforegoforesweardispense with
• be earlier in time
  1. Stone tools precede bronze tools
  Synonym:predateprecedeforegoantecedeantedate

双语例句

• If we are going to finish this today, we'll have to forgo our lunch hour.
  如果我们计划今天把这事做完，就只好放弃吃中午饭的时间。
• Some have had to forgo liver transplants, because the risk of complications is higher.
  由于并发症的危险更高，有些病人已经不得不放弃肝移植。
• Vanity Fair also had to forgo its usual outdoor locations, set pieces and props.
  《名利场》杂志还必须放弃它常用的户外拍摄地点、布景和道具。
• Still, at times, you need to forgo some portability and adapt your stylesheets to a given processor.
  但是有时候仍然需要针对给定的处理器放弃一些可移植性并调整样式表。
• And we could lose a generation of potential, as more young Americans are forced to forgo college dreams or the chance to train for the jobs of the future.
  更多的年轻人将被迫放弃大学梦和未来工作的培训机会，我们可能会因此失去极具潜力的一代人。
• I shall be happy to forgo his company.
  我将乐于放弃跟他作伴。
• The administration has decided to forgo naming one individual to oversee the process.
  政府决定放弃委派单个人进行过程监督。
• About all those, the last person who uttered silent implication to me was my departed mother, how can I forgo the long-cherished wish?
  关于那一切，最后对我发出无言暗示的人是我已故的母亲，我怎么可能放弃夙愿呢？
• You choose to forgo one good in exchange for something better.
  你选择放弃买一样商品，以换取更好的东西。
• Keep a promise, Find the time, Forgo a grudge.
  信守诺言，腾出时间，放弃怨恨。