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

• Forget the bonus Mr Mack will forgo.
  但这跟他将要放弃的那笔奖金无关。
• Opportunity cost is the cost you must forgo while gaining some other thing.
  机会成本是你为获取某种东西时所要放弃的成本。
• I had to forgo my trip to India because of work pressures.
  由于工作压力，我不得不放弃去印度的旅行。
• 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。
• 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。
• Are you more likely to forgo a workout in the morning or afternoon?
  你更可能在早晨还是下午取消健身计划？
• Do not one repulse forgo the purpose that you resolved to effort!
  不要因为一次挫败就放弃你原来的决心向达到的目的！
• "Developing countries would like to be compensated" for the economic benefits they forgo by preserving their forests, he says.
  他说：“发展中国家希望获得补偿”，因为它们为保护森林放弃了一定的经济收益。
• 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。
• His boss agreed to the time off& but he will have to forgo his$ 18-an-hour pay.
  他的老板同意他请假&但他必须为此放弃十八美元一小时的报酬。