To forgo something is to choose not to have it, or not to do it, even though it would be pleasant. You give it up on purpose: dessert, a holiday, extra pay.

To forgo somethingforgo一個東西 is to choose not to have it, or not to do it就是選擇不要擁有它，或不要做它, even though it would be pleasant即使那件事其實會很愉快。You give it up on purpose你是故意放棄的: dessert, a holiday, extra pay像甜點、假期、額外的薪水。

It sounds a little more careful and grown-up than skip or give up — you meet it in writing and polite speech more than in playground talk.

than skip or give up跟skip或give up比起來, It sounds a little more careful and grown-up這個詞聽起來更謹慎、更成熟一點 — more than in playground talk比起在校園閒聊裡, you meet it in writing and polite speech你更常在寫作和禮貌的談話中遇到它。

Though actually, you forgo something that was on offer; you do not forgo a thing that was never yours to take. And it is not forget: if you forgo lunch, you know about lunch and you still say no.

Though actually不過其實, you forgo something that was on offer你forgo的東西必須是原本有得選的; you do not forgo a thing that was never yours to take如果那樣東西從來就不是你可以拿的，就不能說forgo。And it is not forget而且這跟forget忘記不一樣: if you forgo lunch如果你forgo了午餐, you know about lunch and you still say no代表你知道有午餐這件事，只是還是選擇不要。

Careful writers keep forgo for “do without” and forego for “go before” (as in the foregoing remarks). In everyday life many people mix the two spellings, and even good writers sometimes write forego when they mean forgo.

Careful writers keep forgo for講究的作者會把forgo留給 "do without"「do without沒有也可以」的意思, and forego for把forego留給 "go before"「go before在……之前」的意思 (as in the foregoing remarks)（就像the foregoing remarks前面提到的那些話裡的用法）。In everyday life在日常生活裡 many people mix the two spellings很多人會把這兩種拼法搞混, and even good writers sometimes write forego when they mean forgo就連很會寫作的人，有時候明明想寫forgo，卻寫成了forego。