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
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.- 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。
- Keen skiers are happy to forego a summer holiday to go skiing.
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
- 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。 - 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。 - Does this mean the liberty will forego its Rubicon rating and become just another crossover?
不知道这究竟意味着自由客将放弃强悍的越野能力,乖乖地变身成另一台跨界车? - 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。 - 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? - Should you forego closing a million dollar deal to attend a ball game with your son?
你是否应该为了和你儿子一起去打球而拒绝一个价值100万美元的合同? - 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。 - Or else he would forego his mortal nature.
又或者早早的结束。 - 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。 - 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。