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

• 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。
• Or you might have to forego the posh amenities that come standard on a higher trim level and accept the more basic features of a lower-line edition.
  或者，你也许要放弃更高档配置款属于标配的豪华舒适物，而接受较低档配置款中的基本功能。
• He meant that it should forego quick gains for enduring profits.
  利维的意思是应该为了长期利润而放弃短期好处。
• 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。
• She said she would forego the farmer's debt if she could marry his son.
  她说，如果她能够嫁给他的儿子，她将放弃农夫的债务。
• Buildings close at a reasonable hour, obliging salarymen to forego hours of masochistic overtime.
  写字楼在正常时间关闭，迫使工薪阶层放弃数小时的自虐式加班。
• Since she's opted to forego all appeals.
  因为她选择了放弃上诉。
• 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。
• 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。