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

• Mickey agreed to forego his holiday.
  米基同意放弃他的假期。
• 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。
• During the winter poor fodder insured that the supply of milk was small, and in all seasons the needs of children often forced adults to forego this drink.
  冬季，由于饲料匮乏，牛奶产量也就很小，而孩子们一年四季都需要牛奶，经常迫使大人们放弃这种饮料。
• Dwarves are strong fighters, some preferring to forego armor and shields to wield two axes and pure rage.
  矮人是强壮的战士，有些甚至抛弃了战甲与盾牌的保护，而直接手舞双斧，狂怒般地作战。
• 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。
• 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。
• If these things cannot be agreed, then it is best to forego the project and turn your attention to more worthy projects.
  如果这些事情不能达成一致，最好在项目开始之前就转移您的注意力到其它更有价值的项目上。
• Its goal is to allow the parser to validate XML documents against the vocabulary definition so it can forego readability in favor of precision.
  它的目标是使解析器能够针对词汇表的定义验证XML文档，因此在保持可读性的同时更强调精确性。
• 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。
• Political friendships he tells us are not the kind of thing that require us to forego our own individual identities in a way that one might find in?! passionate relations of love right?
  他告诉我们，政治友情并不需要我们，放弃自己的个人身分，就像有人可能会，在爱恋的激情中那么做一样，对吗？