| 释义 |
forgo
forgoto abstain or refrain from; do without; give up; renounce; forbear; sacrifice: I’ll forgo my dinner so that the poor child can eat.
Not to be confused with:forego – go before; to precede: forego one’s partner in deathfor·go also fore·go F0250000 (fôr-gō′)tr.v. for·went (-wĕnt′), for·gone (-gôn′, -gŏn′), for·go·ing, for·goes To abstain from; relinquish: unwilling to forgo dessert.
[Middle English forgon, from Old English forgān, go away, forgo : for-, for- + gān, to go; see ghē- in Indo-European roots.]
for·go′er n.Usage Note: The verb forgo, meaning "to abstain from, do without," has forego as an acceptable variant. Thus, one can forgo or forego dessert, though the spelling without the e is far more common and is preferred in most dictionaries. Forego also exists as a separate word meaning "to go before, either in place or time," as in The essential points have been laid out in the foregoing pages. The two words have historically been spelled differently because they incorporate different prefixes: The fore- of forego is the same prefix (meaning "in front, ahead, before") found in forefather, forehead, and foreword, while the for- of forgo is akin to the for- in forget, forlorn, and forsake and usually denotes loss or removal. forgo (fɔːˈɡəʊ) or foregovb (tr) , -goes, -going, -went or -gone1. to give up or do without2. archaic to leave[Old English forgān; see for-, go1] forˈgoer, foreˈgoer nfor•go or fore•go (fɔrˈgoʊ)
v.t. -went, -gone, -go•ing. 1. to abstain or refrain from; give up; renounce. 2. Archaic. to neglect; overlook. 3. Archaic. to quit or leave. [before 950] for•go′er, n. forgo
Past participle: forgone
Gerund: forgoing
| Present |
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| I forgo | | you forgo | | he/she/it forgoes | | we forgo | | you forgo | | they forgo |
| Preterite |
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| I forwent | | you forwent | | he/she/it forwent | | we forwent | | you forwent | | they forwent |
| Present Continuous |
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| I am forgoing | | you are forgoing | | he/she/it is forgoing | | we are forgoing | | you are forgoing | | they are forgoing |
| Present Perfect |
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| I have forgone | | you have forgone | | he/she/it has forgone | | we have forgone | | you have forgone | | they have forgone |
| Past Continuous |
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| I was forgoing | | you were forgoing | | he/she/it was forgoing | | we were forgoing | | you were forgoing | | they were forgoing |
| Past Perfect |
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| I had forgone | | you had forgone | | he/she/it had forgone | | we had forgone | | you had forgone | | they had forgone |
| Future |
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| I will forgo | | you will forgo | | he/she/it will forgo | | we will forgo | | you will forgo | | they will forgo |
| Future Perfect |
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| I will have forgone | | you will have forgone | | he/she/it will have forgone | | we will have forgone | | you will have forgone | | they will have forgone |
| Future Continuous |
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| I will be forgoing | | you will be forgoing | | he/she/it will be forgoing | | we will be forgoing | | you will be forgoing | | they will be forgoing |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
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| I have been forgoing | | you have been forgoing | | he/she/it has been forgoing | | we have been forgoing | | you have been forgoing | | they have been forgoing |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
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| I will have been forgoing | | you will have been forgoing | | he/she/it will have been forgoing | | we will have been forgoing | | you will have been forgoing | | they will have been forgoing |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
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| I had been forgoing | | you had been forgoing | | he/she/it had been forgoing | | we had been forgoing | | you had been forgoing | | they had been forgoing |
| Conditional |
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| I would forgo | | you would forgo | | he/she/it would forgo | | we would forgo | | you would forgo | | they would forgo |
| Past Conditional |
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| I would have forgone | | you would have forgone | | he/she/it would have forgone | | we would have forgone | | you would have forgone | | they would have forgone |
Thesaurus| Verb | 1. | forgo - do without or cease to hold or adhere to; "We are dispensing with formalities"; "relinquish the old ideas"foreswear, waive, relinquish, dispense with, foregokick, give up - stop consuming; "kick a habit"; "give up alcohol" | | 2. |  forgo - be earlier in time; go back further; "Stone tools precede bronze tools"antecede, antedate, forego, precede, predate | | 3. | forgo - 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"forfeit, give up, throw overboard, waive, foregoabandon - forsake, leave behind; "We abandoned the old car in the empty parking lot"lapse - let slip; "He lapsed his membership" |
forgo foregoverb give up, sacrifice, surrender, do without, kick (informal), abandon, resign, yield, relinquish, renounce, waive, say goodbye to, cede, abjure, leave alone or out The men would not forgo the chance of a feast.forgo also forego
verbTo let (something) go:abandon, cede, lay down, relinquish, surrender, yield.Translationsabandonnerrenoncerrésignerfare a menoforgoenUS
Synonyms for forgoverb give upSynonyms- give up
- sacrifice
- surrender
- do without
- kick
- abandon
- resign
- yield
- relinquish
- renounce
- waive
- say goodbye to
- cede
- abjure
- leave alone or out
Synonyms for forgoverb to let (something) goSynonyms- abandon
- cede
- lay down
- relinquish
- surrender
- yield
Synonyms for forgoverb do without or cease to hold or adhere toSynonyms- foreswear
- waive
- relinquish
- dispense with
- forego
Related Wordsverb be earlier in timeSynonyms- antecede
- antedate
- forego
- precede
- predate
verb lose (s.th.) or lose the right to (s.th.) by some error, offense, or crimeSynonyms- forfeit
- give up
- throw overboard
- waive
- forego
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