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单词 abstain
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释义
词典释义:
abstain
高中考博GRE
英 [əbˈsteɪn]
美 [əbˈsteɪn]

v. 克制;有意回避;弃权;戒酒

  • 第三人称单数 abstains
  • 现在分词 abstaining
  • 名词 abstainer
  • 过去分词 abstained
  • 过去式 abstained

网络释义

弃权;抑制;戒除;避开;戒绝;

短语搭配
  • abstain from

    放弃;戒除;弃权

  • abstain alcohol

    戒酒

双语例句
  • You did rather abstain from potation.

    你的确饮酒很有节制。

  • Most pregnant women abstain or drink very little.

    大多数孕妇都戒酒或只喝很少的一点。

  • The US has been using its influence to get some security council members to abstain in the hope the Palestinians will lose the vote and that the US veto will not be required.

    美国使用它的影响力,让一些安理会成员不投票给巴勒斯坦,这样就不需要动用美国的否决权。

  • Like Samuel Johnson, who said, "Abstinence is as easy to me as temperance would be difficult, " I find it much easier to abstain rather than to indulge moderately.

    例如:Samuel Johnson曾说过:”禁酒容易程度和戒酒的困难程度一样大“我发现完全戒掉要比适度放纵更容易。

  • There have been reports that the United States might abstain if the question of illegal Jewish settlements in occupied East Jerusalem is condemned by the UN Security Council.

    有报道称,如果东耶路撒冷犹太人非法定居点的问题受到联合国安理会谴责,美国应该弃权。

  • The example is given that a person may apparently abstain from sleep all day, but as long as he is not spiritually enlightened he is actually sleeping.

    有这样一个例子:某人表面上看或许一整天都不眠不睡,但只要还没得到灵性上的启蒙,此人其实仍在睡觉。

  • It could be something therefore on which we abstain but, given the personal issues of conscience in it, it could well be something for a free vote.

    它是这样一种东西,我们因此(therefore)会投弃权票;但鉴于议案里牵涉到道德问题,金。贝克的修正案用公众免费抽样调查来表决更好。

  • Should meat-eating Christians abstain from eating animals at church events out of respect for vegetarian Christians who believe that supporting factory farming is wrong?

    教会聚会时,食肉的基督徒是否应出于对食素基督徒的尊重放弃吃肉,因后者认为支持工厂化养殖是错误的?

  • We can furnish it with the highest-quality raw foods when it needs it or abstain from food when it doesn't desire it .

    我们可以提供与高品质的食品原料,或当它需要食物时不弃权欲望。

  • Researchers found that those who have casual flings get lower grades and have more school-related problems compared with those who abstain.

    研究人员发现,与那些禁欲的学生相比,性行为随便的学生往往成绩较差, 学习方面遭遇更多问题。

近义词
vi.
containrestrain oneself
反义词
consume
词根词缀
abs-

离开

abs-

同前缀词

  • abstract adj. 抽象的;理论上的;纯概念的;不切实际的;抽象派的
  • abstruse adj. 深奥难懂的;晦涩的
tain

拿住

tain

同根词

  • obtain v. 得到;获得;通用;流行;合乎习俗;得到公认
  • contain v. 包含;包括;含有;容纳;控制;抑制;克制;阻止;由…组成;可被除尽
  • maintain v. 维持;保持;扶养;负担;坚持;断言;主张;维护;将… 维持;养护
  • retain v. 保持;保留;记住;保持不变;挡住;继续雇用;吸收并保留;拦住;付定金聘定
  • detain v. 拘留;扣押;吸引…注意力以羁绊;使(病人;伤员)留院治疗
  • sustain v. 支持;支撑;忍受;经受(不愉快的事情;尤指伤痛);认可;赞成;确认;保持;使持续不断;(演员)充分表演(角色
同根词

词根 abstain

  • abstainer n. 节制者;戒酒者;弃权者

释义
v.

restrain oneself from doing or enjoying something

克制,有意回避

  • abstaining from chocolate.

    克制不吃巧克力。

refrain from drinking alcohol

戒酒

  • most pregnant women abstain or drink very little.

    大多数孕妇都戒酒或只喝很少的一点。

formally decline to vote either for or against a proposal or motion

弃权

  • forty-one voted with the Opposition,and some sixty more abstained.

    41票支持反对派,另外大约有60票弃权。

词源

"late Middle English: from Old French abstenir, from Latin abstinere, from ab- ‘from' + tenere ‘hold’."

  • So I offer an alternative plan. A majority of four may approve it. No one may abstain.

    所以,我有另一套方案,四个人表决同意就能通过,不能投弃权票。

    《The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2》《饥饿游戏3:嘲笑鸟(下)》

  • I think all of us should make a pact to abstain from sex. Now, who's with me, you guys?

    我觉得,我们都应该约个协议,远离性谁同意? 大伙,说嘛。

    《17 Again》《重返十七岁》

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