forego 音标拼音: [fɔrg'o]
vt . 放弃,在…之前,居先
放弃,在…之前,居先
forego v 1 :
be earlier in time ;
go back further ; "
Stone tools precede bronze tools " [
synonym : {
predate }, {
precede }, {
forego },
{
forgo }, {
antecede }, {
antedate }] [
ant : {
follow },
{
postdate }]
2 :
do without or cease to hold or adhere to ; "
We are dispensing with formalities "; "
relinquish the old ideas " [
synonym : {
waive },
{
relinquish }, {
forgo }, {
forego }, {
foreswear }, {
dispense with }]
3 :
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 " [
synonym : {
forfeit }, {
give up },
{
throw overboard }, {
waive }, {
forgo }, {
forego }] [
ant :
{
arrogate }, {
claim }, {
lay claim }]
Forego \
Fore *
go "\,
v .
t . [
AS .
foreg [=
a ]
n ;
fore g [=
a ]
n to go ;
akin to G .
vorgehen to go before ,
precede .
See {
Go },
v .
i .]
To go before ;
to precede ; --
used especially in the present and past participles .
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Pleasing remembrance of a thought foregone .
--
Wordsworth .
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For which the very mother '
s face forewent The mother '
s special patience . --
Mrs .
Browning .
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{
Foregone conclusion },
a conclusion which has preceded argument or examination ;
a predetermined conclusion .
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Forego \
Fore *
go "\,
v .
t . [
imp . {
Forewent 2 };
p .
p . {
Foregone }
(?;
115 );
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Foregoing }.] [
See {
Forgo }.]
1 .
To quit ;
to relinquish ;
to leave .
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Stay at the third cup ,
or forego the place .
--
Herbert .
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2 .
To relinquish the enjoyment or advantage of ;
to give up ;
to resign ;
to renounce ; --
said of a thing already enjoyed ,
or of one within reach ,
or anticipated .
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All my patrimony ,,
If need be ,
I am ready to forego . --
Milton .
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Thy lovers must their promised heaven forego .
--
Keble .
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[
He ]
never forewent an opportunity of honest profit .
--
R .
L .
Stevenson .
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Note :
Forgo is the better spelling etymologically ,
but the word has been confused with {
Forego },
to go before .
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1913 Webster ]
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