forgo school

基本解释

At 16, I decided to forgo a high school education and instead I pursued my GED.
在我十六岁时，我决定放弃高中教育而用普通教育水平来取代。
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He started a program called Quarters for Kids, which encourages the 225,000 high school students in Colorado to forgo a soda or candy bar for a day and give the dollar it would cost to the program.
这个项目鼓励在科罗拉多州的22.5万名高中生在哪一天少吃一根苏打或糖棒，把那笔钱捐给这个项目。
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