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
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- 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。
- No one was prepared to forgo their lunch hour to attend the meeting.
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
- you've forfeited your right to name your successor
- forfeited property
- do without or cease to hold or adhere to
- We are dispensing with formalities
- relinquish the old ideas
- be earlier in time
- Stone tools precede bronze tools
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。 - 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。 - Goldman sees itself as "long-term greedy", preferring to forgo profit today rather than to alienate a client.
高盛将自己定义为渴望长期利益者，宁肯放弃一时利益，也不愿疏远一个客户。 - 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。 - Rats and monkeys had been found to forgo food to avoid delivering electric shocks to relatives.
科学家发现，老鼠和猴子会放弃食物，以防自己受到电击而危害同伴。 - 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。 - Now, this might mean that you have to forgo sleeping in long hours on those lazy Saturday mornings.
那么现在看来，这就意味着你得放弃在懒散的周六上午睡懒觉的习惯了。 - Keep a promise, Find the time, Forgo a grudge.
信守诺言，腾出时间，放弃怨恨。 - To take pictures had become a necessity and I did not want to forgo it for anything.
摄影已成为必需品，我不会为任何东西而放弃它。 - 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。