| 单词 | forgo |
| 释义 | for·go also fore·go 1. archaic 2. < never forwent an opportunity of honest profit — R.L.Stevenson > < decided to forgo dessert for a few days > Synonyms: < he agreed … to forgo all remuneration until his apprenticeship was completed — Van Wyck Brooks > < he has asked his people to forsake all narrow views of their own security and prosperity and … to forgo many immediate benefits — Economist > < to forgo wartime profits — New Republic > < this is a book no theater lover should lightly forgo — Spectator > abnegate is usually used when one surrenders, relinquishes, or renounces on grounds of policy, expediency, or sometimes principle, something that one already has, the idea of self-denial often being strongly implied < abnegate all rights to a property > < smile in a self-abnegating way > eschew suggests a more all-out abstinence from, often a positive avoidance of, something, usually something inadvisable or distasteful, or something wrong but tempting < the normal vegetarian only eschews fish, flesh, and fowl — N.C.Wright > < the laudable aim of eschewing controversial philosophical issues in a textbook — G.B.Keene > < it eschews cartoon, illustration, graph, or any device to attract attention — Marketing > < the emotions are eschewed as distorters of true knowledge — S.J.Beck > forbear is used when one exercises patient self-restraint in refraining from some action on grounds of prudence or high resolve < she had forgotten several things … but she forbore to mention it — Elizabeth Goudge > < forbear to complain even though treated unjustly > sacrifice implies and has generally implied a self-denial, a renunciation of an advantage, usually immediate, in the interests of a future advantage or of someone or something else, as a religious or ethical value, but has come to apply more frequently to the giving up of something of value in the interests of something else, often of less value < the individual will gladly sacrifice both time and money in the party interest — Nation's Business > < sacrificed their fortune in the world for theology's sake — H.O.Taylor > < significantly important news is often sacrificed for whatever can be depended on to make headlines — F.L.Mott > < a writer who, at times, sacrificed his talents to his ambition and pursuit of power — Daniel George > |
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