forgo

verb

1. 放弃，弃绝（想做的事或想得之物）
   to decide not to have or do sth that you would like to have or do
   1. No one was prepared to forgo their lunch hour to attend the meeting.
      谁都不愿意放弃午餐时间出席会议。

1. → see: forego

1. Now, this might mean that you have to forgo sleeping in long hours on those lazy Saturday mornings.
   那么现在看来，这就意味着你得放弃在懒散的周六上午睡懒觉的习惯了。
2. I'll forgo those trendy browsers and examine how to connect, download, upload, transfer, and communicate entirely from the command line.
   我将放弃那些新潮的浏览器，研究如何在命令行中进行连接、下载、上传、传输和通信。
3. A licensee can agree to the terms and enjoy the prescribed permissions or forgo using the software.
   被许可方可以同意条款并接受规定的权限，或者放弃使用软件。
4. His boss agreed to the time off& but he will have to forgo his$ 18-an-hour pay.
   他的老板同意他请假&但他必须为此放弃十八美元一小时的报酬。
5. Are you more likely to forgo a workout in the morning or afternoon?
   你更可能在早晨还是下午取消健身计划？
6. Vanity Fair also had to forgo its usual outdoor locations, set pieces and props.
   《名利场》杂志还必须放弃它常用的户外拍摄地点、布景和道具。
7. Rats and monkeys had been found to forgo food to avoid delivering electric shocks to relatives.
   科学家发现，老鼠和猴子会放弃食物，以防自己受到电击而危害同伴。
8. But the Spanish rule will not allow local publishers to forgo such payments.
   但西班牙的法规并不允许出版商放弃收费。
9. 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。
10. I shall be happy to forgo his company.
    我将乐于放弃跟他作伴。
11. Mr Diamond and three other senior staff have volunteered to forgo their annual bonus this year.
    戴蒙德和其他三名高管已经自愿放弃了今年的分红。
12. About all those, the last person who uttered silent implication to me was my departed mother, how can I forgo the long-cherished wish?
    关于那一切，最后对我发出无言暗示的人是我已故的母亲，我怎么可能放弃夙愿呢？
13. Still, at times, you need to forgo some portability and adapt your stylesheets to a given processor.
    但是有时候仍然需要针对给定的处理器放弃一些可移植性并调整样式表。
14. Some have had to forgo liver transplants, because the risk of complications is higher.
    由于并发症的危险更高，有些病人已经不得不放弃肝移植。
15. Goldman sees itself as "long-term greedy", preferring to forgo profit today rather than to alienate a client.
    高盛将自己定义为渴望长期利益者，宁肯放弃一时利益，也不愿疏远一个客户。
16. You choose to forgo one good in exchange for something better.
    你选择放弃买一样商品，以换取更好的东西。
17. The board members have decided to forgo any salary increase.
    董事会成员决定放弃加薪。
18. And we could lose a generation of potential, as more young Americans are forced to forgo college dreams or the chance to train for the jobs of the future.
    更多的年轻人将被迫放弃大学梦和未来工作的培训机会，我们可能会因此失去极具潜力的一代人。
19. If we are going to finish this today, we'll have to forgo our lunch hour.
    如果我们计划今天把这事做完，就只好放弃吃中午饭的时间。
20. Do not one repulse forgo the purpose that you resolved to effort!
    不要因为一次挫败就放弃你原来的决心向达到的目的！
21. At16, I decided to forgo a high school education and instead I pursued my GED.
    在我十六岁时，我决定放弃高中教育而用普通教育水平来取代。
22. The administration has decided to forgo naming one individual to oversee the process.
    政府决定放弃委派单个人进行过程监督。
23. Opportunity cost is the cost you must forgo while gaining some other thing.
    机会成本是你为获取某种东西时所要放弃的成本。
24. "Developing countries would like to be compensated" for the economic benefits they forgo by preserving their forests, he says.
    他说：“发展中国家希望获得补偿”，因为它们为保护森林放弃了一定的经济收益。
25. To take pictures had become a necessity and I did not want to forgo it for anything.
    摄影已成为必需品，我不会为任何东西而放弃它。
26. Unless we build on their strengths, we will forgo the most powerful force for implementation.
    如果我们不依靠他们的力量，我们就会丧失推动实施的最强大的动力。
27. I had to forgo my trip to India because of work pressures.
    由于工作压力，我不得不放弃去印度的旅行。
28. Keep a promise, Find the time, Forgo a grudge.
    信守诺言，腾出时间，放弃怨恨。
29. Forget the bonus Mr Mack will forgo.
    但这跟他将要放弃的那笔奖金无关。

verb

1. 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 overboardwaiveforego

2. do without or cease to hold or adhere to
   1. We are dispensing with formalities
   2. relinquish the old ideas

   Synonym:    waiverelinquishforegoforesweardispense with

3. be earlier in time
   1. Stone tools precede bronze tools

   Synonym:    predateprecedeforegoantecedeantedate