foregoing

foregoing

英 ['fɔːgəʊɪŋ]
　　美 ['fɔrɡoɪŋ]

adj. 前述的；前面的；在前的
　　v. 發生在…之前；走在…之前（forego的ing形式）

中文詞源：

foregoing 前述的

fore-,在前。go, 走，離開。即先走的，前述的。

例句：

1. The foregoing paragraphs were written in 1985.
前面的幾個段落寫於1985年。

2. The foregoing considerations may be concluded in a few words.
上述各種考慮可以用幾句話來歸納一下.

3. You might think from the foregoing that the French want to phase accents out. Not at all.
根據前文所述，你們可能以為法國人打算廢除各種口音。事實並非如此。

4. Any assignment made in violation of the foregoing provisions shall be void.
違反上述規定的,其轉讓無效.

5. Many skeptical progressives refuse to agree that the foregoing reform sufficed.
許多持懷疑態度的進步分子認為,上述改革是不夠的.