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forgo

🇬🇧 UK/fɒ:'gәu/🇺🇸 US
GREC2

Definitions

v.

To willingly do without something enjoyable or desirable; to give up or abstain from.

放弃，摒绝

🧩 Root Breakdown

Native English
forgoother
=forgo

Common Collocations

  • 1.forgo the opportunity放弃机会
  • 2.forgo pleasure放弃快乐
  • 3.have to forgo不得不放弃

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    She had to forgo her vacation to care for her elderly mother.

  • 2.

    The athlete decided to forgo breakfast to make the weight limit for competition.

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