单词	forgo
释义	forgofor‧go /fɔːˈɡəʊ $ fɔːrˈɡoʊ/ verb (past tense forwent /-ˈwent/, past participle forgone /-ˈɡɒn $ -ˈɡɒːn/, present participle forgoing) [transitive] Word Origin WORD ORIGINforgo Origin: Old English forgo ‘to pass by’ Verb Table VERB TABLE forgo Simple Form Present I, you, we, they forgo he, she, it forgoes Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they forwent Present perfect I, you, we, they have forgone he, she, it has forgone Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had forgone Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will forgo Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have forgone Continuous Form Present I am forgoing he, she, it is forgoing you, we, they are forgoing Past I, he, she, it was forgoing you, we, they were forgoing Present perfect I, you, we, they have been forgoing he, she, it has been forgoing Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been forgoing Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be forgoing Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been forgoing Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES Council members were asked to forgo their pay raises. Novices were expected to forgo all earthly pleasures and concentrate on the hereafter. Senior board members have offered to forgo their annual bonuses this year. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Instead, they will forgo either career or motherhood. One is that devout patients may forgo treatment and wait for divine intervention. Poverty made mere housing a luxury; and poverty forced families to forgo kindergartens and higher education for their children. The word foresee takes an e in the middle, but you can write either forgo or forego. They take Missy on walks through cities and wilderness areas and have learned to forgo restaurant meals for picnics and room service. Who would forgo the chance of a winter in Rome, the centre of things? Thesaurus Longman Language Activatorto not allow yourself to have something you need► do without/go without to choose or decide not to have something, especially because there is not enough of it, because you need to save money, or for religious reasons: · His parents often did without lunch or supper so that he could have more.· During the month of Ramadan, Muslims go without food and drink between the hours of sunrise and sunset.· Meat was expensive and a lot of people went without.· Cuts have to be made, and city residents need to think about what services they can do without. ► deny yourself to not do or have things you enjoy because you think this will be good for you: · Girls who constantly deny themselves food in order to get thin rarely do well at school.· I worked hard, lived frugally, and denied myself material goods in order to achieve financial security. ► abstain to not do something that you usually do or that you want to do, especially for health or moral reasons: · The sex education program encourages teens to abstain.abstain from: · Catholics are supposed to abstain from meat on Good Friday.abstain from doing something: · Trial volunteers are told to abstain from watching TV for a month. ► forgo also forego formal to not have or do something good or something you enjoy, especially for moral reasons, because of your principles etc: · Senior board members have offered to forgo their annual bonuses this year.· Novices were expected to forgo all earthly pleasures and concentrate on the hereafter. Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN► interest · If they were wrong about that, they agreed that there was no consideration for a promise to forgo the interest. to not do or have something pleasant or enjoyable SYN  go without:  I had to forgo lunch.
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