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

• French banks have agreed to forego such payments, to link bonuses to long-term profitability and include claw-back provisions.
  法国的银行已同意放弃这种薪酬支付方式，改为将奖金与长期盈利能力挂钩，并引入奖金追回条款。
• 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？
• Since she's opted to forego all appeals.
  因为她选择了放弃上诉。
• 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？
• 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。
• 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。
• This doesn't mean you should forego important memos or leave people out of the loop.
  这并不是说让你放着重要的备忘录不管或省掉群组里的一些人。
• 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。
• Is it for beauty to forego her wreath?
  亦或是美丽的容颜卸去了桂冠？
• 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。