| 英语单词 | forego |
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| 英美音标 | 英 美 |
| 中文释义 | v.放弃;在……之前 =forgo. |
| 英语例句 | (1) Mickey agreed to forego his holiday. (2) Here, three Santas forego their sleighs in favor of an underground commute. |
| 中文例句 | (1) 米基同意放弃他的假期。 (2) 这里,三个圣诞老人放弃了他们的雪橇而选择地铁。 |
| vocabulary简明 | If you forego something, you choose to give it up. If you forego dessert after dinner, you are skipping dessert. |
| vocabulary扩展 | The verb forego (also spelled forgo) literally means “to go by.” In common usage it means “to abstain” or “do without.” You might forego smoking cigarettes as a New Year’s resolution. Forego can also mean “to precede,” or “go before.” This verb is often seen in its past participle form, foregone, in the phrase “foregone conclusion,” meaning a predetermined conclusion. |
| 柯林斯解释 | 1 [VERB 动词]摒弃;摒绝;放弃 If you forego something, you decide to do without it, although you would like it. [V n] [FORMAL 正式]
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