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单词 abstain
释义
abstain
verb[I]
uk
/æbˈsteɪn/us
/æbˈsteɪn/

abstainverb[I](NOT DO)

to not do something,especiallysomethingenjoyablethat youthinkmight bebad:
节制；戒绝（尤指不好的享乐）
He took avowto abstainfromalcohol/smoking/sex.他发誓戒酒／戒烟／禁欲。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Abstaining and refraining
  • abstainer
  • abstemious
  • abstemiously
  • abstention
  • abstinence
  • disengage
  • fast
  • forbear
  • forbearance
  • give
  • give up
  • hors de combat
  • keep
  • keep(someone/something)out ofsomething
  • step
  • step back
  • stop
  • stop short ofsomethingidiom
  • swear offsomething
  • touch
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abstainverb[I](NOT VOTE)

todecidenot to useyourvote:
弃权
63membersvotedinfavour, 39opposed, and 15 abstained.63名成员投票赞成，39票反对，15票弃权。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Elections
  • absentee
  • absentee ballot
  • absentee vote
  • absentee voter
  • absentee voting
  • exit poll
  • first-past-the-post
  • flip
  • franchise
  • general election
  • proportional representation
  • proxy
  • proxy vote
  • proxy voter
  • proxy voting
  • voting
  • voting booth
  • voting machine
  • voting slip
  • whistle-stop
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abstainverb[I](STAY AWAY)

Indian English
tostayaway fromwork:
不工作；拒绝工作
During arecentgeneralstrike,employeesof allmajortradeunionsabstained.在最近一次大型罢工期间，所有大型工会的成员都拒绝工作。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Industrial action
  • anti-strike
  • blackleg
  • cooling-off period
  • demarcation dispute
  • direct action
  • lightning strike
  • lock
  • locksomeoneout
  • lockout
  • picket
  • picket line
  • strike
  • strike pay
  • strikebreaker
  • strikebreaking
  • striker
  • sympathy
  • union-bashing
  • walk
  • walk out
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Related word

abstainer
(Definition ofabstainfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

abstain| American Dictionary

abstain
verb[I]
us
/æbˈsteɪn,əb-/
to not do something you could do,esp. something that isunhealthyor gives youpleasure:
Somefamiliesabstain fromeatingfriedfood.
If you abstain fromvoting, you do notvotealthoughyou arepermittedtovote.
(Definition ofabstainfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofabstain

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The sole television channel, on the air since 1954, completely abstained from political programmes and editorials.
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Before each testing session, subjects were fasted for at least 4 h and abstained from caffeine.
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They had different mentalities and abstained as much as possible from social responsibilities.
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By contrast, when currently abstaining users were also included the correlations with days since last use fell well short of significance.
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All subjects abstained from caffeine, alcohol and nicotine for at least 8 h before each session.
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Only 34 per cent said that they would vote for it, while 44 per cent would vote against (the rest didn't know or abstained).
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The second group includes those who were members of the institution at the time of both divisions, but who abstained on one or other ballot.
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Agalev abstained because it felt the resolutions hinted at a confederal rather than a federal model.
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I calculated the probability of casting a vote for the incumbent party, as opposed to abstaining or voting for his opponent.
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To prevent close pregnancies completely though not always intentionally, man in pre-industrial societies abstained from intercourse for varying periods.
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Many of those who abstained preferred to take the risk of being 'punished' for not voting rather than pay the consequences of a ' bad ' choice.
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As a consequence, lower income groups abstained from buying the tobacco leaf.
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The current study was not able to differentiate adolescents within the abstinence group based on their reasoning for abstaining from substance use.
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Patients were either unmedicated or had abstained from a psychostimulant medication regime for at least 24 h prior to neurocognitive assessment.
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More than once he refers to having seen unknown plants or drugs, but often he abstains from describing them.
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