forgo

美[fɔːr'ɡoʊ] 英[fɔː'ɡəʊ]

vt. 放弃；弃绝；对...断念

名词：forgoer

近义词：relinquish，sacrifice，giveup，dowithout，waive，yield，surrender，passby，abstainfrom，gowithout，decline，givesomethingamiss，skip，give，up，do，without，forego，throwoverboard，dispensewith，antecede，precede，foreswear，forfeit，antedate，predate，

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Verb

do without or cease to hold or adhere to;
"We are dispensing with formalities" "relinquish the old ideas"
be earlier in time; go back further;
"Stone tools precede bronze tools"
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"

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用作及物动词(vt.)

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。
We'll have to forgo our rest hour to gather in the wheat before the storm begins.为了在风暴来到之前收完小麦,我们就只好放弃休息的时间了。
Time to prepare was a luxuary he would have to forgo.因为时间不够，他不得不放弃做准备工作。
She decided to forgo dessert for a few days.她决定几天不吃甜点心。

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