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　

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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

• You may well have to forego wealth and power if you want to assure the attainment of happiness and freedom.
  如果你想要确保快乐与自由的获得，你可就得放开财富与权力。
• Is it for beauty to forego her wreath?
  亦或是美丽的容颜卸去了桂冠？
• Mickey agreed to forego his holiday.
  米基同意放弃他的假期。
• 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。
• If North Korea wanted to deliver a message to us that they were prepared to forego nuclear weapons, there are a lot of places they could do that.
  他表示：如果朝鲜希望向我们传递信息，表示他们准备放弃核武器，那么他们有许多地方可以这么做。
• Or else he would forego his mortal nature.
  又或者早早的结束。
• 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。
• This point puts the lie to one of the sillier reactions from investors: that by leaving China, Google would needlessly forego zillions in future revenues from the world's biggest internet growth market.
  这一点揭示了投资者一种愚蠢反应的错误所在：他们以为，谷歌离开中国，就等于告别全球增长最快的互联网市场，毫无必要地放弃这个市场将产生的天文数字般的收入。
• Better to be safe and forego unwanted surprises when it's too late.
  最好现在就谨慎些，不要到为时已晚时再去表示震惊。
• When the economy is growing fast and earnings are rising, people are less willing to forego those higher earnings to return to education the "opportunity cost" is too high.
  当经济迅速增长和收入不断上涨时，人们不太愿意放弃上涨的收入，回到校园“机会成本”太高了。