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词汇 forgo
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Definition of forgo in English:

forgo

(also forego)
verbforwent, forgone, forgoing, forgoes fɔːˈɡəʊfəˈɡəʊ
[with object]
  • 1Go without (something desirable)

    she wanted to forgo the tea and leave while they could

    她想不喝茶,在他们还有可能离开时离开。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • If this is not your cup of tea, forgo the invitation and book a nearby hotel room.
    • In order to reduce traffic congestion I have decided to forego the privilege of witnessing the golf at first hand.
    • But don't worry; you don't need to forego your creature comforts.
    • If you want to forego dessert, Pho Viet's homemade lemonade is like a party in your mouth.
    • I may be forced to go and purchase a second bag and forgo tea.
    • Now, this is not to say that I don't have fried chicken dreams, or that I can forgo dessert.
    • Against all odds, we, the drowsy and starving passengers who had to forego refreshment stops along the way to make up for lost time, entered the city of Durban.
    • Conservative estimates are that a woman foregoes $160,000 in earnings when she stops to have a child.
    • We could've foregone that specific stop, I'm sure.
    • No one expects you to forego dessert all the time.
    • Across the country, hospital management has engaged in schemes to compel hospital workers to forego breaks and put in longer shifts in order to maintain operations.
    • Whenever possible, forego fashion and stick with ‘sensible’ shoes.
    • Therefore, while a mother is taking time off to care for a child, she forgoes not only her earnings, but also on the ability to put funds into her privatized account.
    • Back at Balbirnie, it seemed churlish to forego afternoon tea.
    • They may forgo their lunch break or decide to work late.
    • My partner, Jack, stayed home, forgoing the 18-mile drive to work over snow-covered roads.
    • The results showed poorer students were more likely to leave early - failing to finish or foregoing the chance to go on to a more advanced course.
    • These contributions represent pay and if you forgo them, you are handing back earnings to the company.
    • If you love wine but don't care for desserts, you may choose to buy a bottle of wine and forego dessert.
    • This produces a conservative estimate of annual earnings of $11,466 in 2001, which partially offset earnings foregone.
    Synonyms
    do without, go without, give up, waive, renounce, surrender, disavow, relinquish, part with, drop, sacrifice, forswear, abjure, swear off, steer clear of, abandon, cede, yield, abstain from, refrain from, eschew, cut out
    decline, refuse, repudiate, spurn
    1. 1.1 Refrain from.
      克制自己不做
      we forgo any comparison between the two men

      我们克制自己不在两人之间做任何比较。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • You can double or triple it, or forego reducing the sauce.
      • They will have to postpone weddings, miss the birth of children, abandon plans to go back to college, and forego taking civilian jobs.
      • Because such changes could not be equally justified across the models tested, and our goal was to compare a priori models, we chose to forego modifications.
      • And if a sponsor refuses to sign, it may have to forgo participation in the study.
      • The second issue of waiver comes into effect when a party knowingly acts in a manner where he waives or foregoes reliance upon some known right or defect.
      • The Bank of Japan's decision to raise the benchmark rate drew unusually strong attention because it forwent an increase in January this year in defiance of the widespread expectation that it might decide to raise it.
      • In general, alpine and arctic birds have developed a variety of mechanisms to adjust or delay reproductive effort during storms, without forgoing or abandoning the breeding attempt.
      • I do straight sets, forgoing advanced intensity techniques like forced reps or drop sets.
      • An opposition party refusing to move on is forgoing any possible historical turning point.
      • The Democratic Party demonstrated its abandonment of any pretext of opposition by foregoing the traditional response of the minority party to a presidential address to Congress.
      • All they had to do was make sure that the warrior classes were comfortable and they could forgo the business of spears and swords.

Origin

Old English forgān (see for-, go1).

Rhymes

aglow, ago, alow, although, apropos, art nouveau, Bamako, Bardot, beau, Beaujolais Nouveau, below, bestow, blow, bo, Boileau, bons mots, Bordeaux, Bow, bravo, bro, cachepot, cheerio, Coe, crow, Defoe, de trop, doe, doh, dos-à-dos, do-si-do, dough, dzo, Flo, floe, flow, foe, foreknow, foreshow, Foucault, froe, glow, go, good-oh, go-slow, grow, gung-ho, Heathrow, heave-ho, heigh-ho, hello, ho, hoe, ho-ho, jo, Joe, kayo, know, lo, low, maillot, malapropos, Marceau, mho, Miró, mo, Mohs, Monroe, mot, mow, Munro, no, Noh, no-show, oh, oho, outgo, outgrow, owe, Perrault, pho, po, Poe, pro, quid pro quo, reshow, righto, roe, Rouault, row, Rowe, sew, shew, show, sloe, slow, snow, so, soh, sow, status quo, stow, Stowe, strow, tally-ho, though, throw, tic-tac-toe, to-and-fro, toe, touch-and-go, tow, trow, undergo, undersow, voe, whacko, whoa, wo, woe, Xuzhou, yo, yo-ho-ho, Zhengzhou, Zhou

Definition of forgo in US English:

forgo

(also forego)
verb
[with object]
  • 1Omit or decline to take (something pleasant or valuable); go without.

    放弃,抛弃(舒适或有价值的事物);没有…也行

    she wanted to forgo the dessert and leave while they could

    她想不喝茶,在他们还有可能离开时离开。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • My partner, Jack, stayed home, forgoing the 18-mile drive to work over snow-covered roads.
    • But don't worry; you don't need to forego your creature comforts.
    • If you want to forego dessert, Pho Viet's homemade lemonade is like a party in your mouth.
    • This produces a conservative estimate of annual earnings of $11,466 in 2001, which partially offset earnings foregone.
    • If this is not your cup of tea, forgo the invitation and book a nearby hotel room.
    • Now, this is not to say that I don't have fried chicken dreams, or that I can forgo dessert.
    • In order to reduce traffic congestion I have decided to forego the privilege of witnessing the golf at first hand.
    • They may forgo their lunch break or decide to work late.
    • The results showed poorer students were more likely to leave early - failing to finish or foregoing the chance to go on to a more advanced course.
    • These contributions represent pay and if you forgo them, you are handing back earnings to the company.
    • No one expects you to forego dessert all the time.
    • Back at Balbirnie, it seemed churlish to forego afternoon tea.
    • Against all odds, we, the drowsy and starving passengers who had to forego refreshment stops along the way to make up for lost time, entered the city of Durban.
    • If you love wine but don't care for desserts, you may choose to buy a bottle of wine and forego dessert.
    • Therefore, while a mother is taking time off to care for a child, she forgoes not only her earnings, but also on the ability to put funds into her privatized account.
    • Across the country, hospital management has engaged in schemes to compel hospital workers to forego breaks and put in longer shifts in order to maintain operations.
    • Whenever possible, forego fashion and stick with ‘sensible’ shoes.
    • We could've foregone that specific stop, I'm sure.
    • I may be forced to go and purchase a second bag and forgo tea.
    • Conservative estimates are that a woman foregoes $160,000 in earnings when she stops to have a child.
    Synonyms
    do without, go without, give up, waive, renounce, surrender, disavow, relinquish, part with, drop, sacrifice, forswear, abjure, swear off, steer clear of, abandon, cede, yield, abstain from, refrain from, eschew, cut out
    1. 1.1 Refrain from.
      克制自己不做
      we forgo any comparison between the two men

      我们克制自己不在两人之间做任何比较。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • In general, alpine and arctic birds have developed a variety of mechanisms to adjust or delay reproductive effort during storms, without forgoing or abandoning the breeding attempt.
      • All they had to do was make sure that the warrior classes were comfortable and they could forgo the business of spears and swords.
      • And if a sponsor refuses to sign, it may have to forgo participation in the study.
      • The Democratic Party demonstrated its abandonment of any pretext of opposition by foregoing the traditional response of the minority party to a presidential address to Congress.
      • The second issue of waiver comes into effect when a party knowingly acts in a manner where he waives or foregoes reliance upon some known right or defect.
      • The Bank of Japan's decision to raise the benchmark rate drew unusually strong attention because it forwent an increase in January this year in defiance of the widespread expectation that it might decide to raise it.
      • An opposition party refusing to move on is forgoing any possible historical turning point.
      • They will have to postpone weddings, miss the birth of children, abandon plans to go back to college, and forego taking civilian jobs.
      • Because such changes could not be equally justified across the models tested, and our goal was to compare a priori models, we chose to forego modifications.
      • I do straight sets, forgoing advanced intensity techniques like forced reps or drop sets.
      • You can double or triple it, or forego reducing the sauce.

Origin

Old English forgān (see for-, go).

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