forgo

英 [fɔː'ɡəʊ] 美 [fɔːr'ɡoʊ]

• vt. 放弃；弃绝；对...断念

英英释义

Verb:

1. do without or cease to hold or adhere to;

   "We are dispensing with formalities"
   "relinquish the old ideas"
   

2. be earlier in time; go back further;

   "Stone tools precede bronze tools"
   

3. lose (s.th.) or lose the right to (s.th.) by some error, offense, or crime;

   "you've forfeited your right to name your successor"
   "forfeited property"
   

例句

用作及物动词 (vt.)

1. The workers agreed to forgo a pay increase for the sake of greater job security.
   工人们为了工作更保险，同意放弃增加工资的要求。
2. We'll have to forgo our rest hour to gather in the wheat before the storm begins.
   为了在风暴来到之前收完小麦,我们就只好放弃休息的时间了。
3. Time to prepare was a luxuary he would have to forgo.
   因为时间不够，他不得不放弃做准备工作。
4. She decided to forgo dessert for a few days.
   她决定几天不吃甜点心。

经典引文

• We forego any comparison between the two men.

  出自： E. A. Freeman

近反义词

【近义词】

• relinquish 放弃
• sacrifice 牺牲
• give up 放弃
• do without 没有 ... 也行...
• waive 放弃
• yield 生产
• surrender 投降
• pass by 经过.
• abstain from 戒
• go without 没有 ... 也行...
• decline 下降
• give something a miss 避开某物
• skip 跳过
• give 给
• up 向上
• do 做
• without 没有
• forego 放弃
• throw overboard 废除
• dispense with 摒弃
• antecede 在 ... 之前
• precede 在 ... 之前
• foreswear 放弃
• forfeit 没收物
• antedate 使 ... 提前发生...
• predate 在日期上早于...