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单词 refrain
释义
refrain
verb[I]
formal
uk
/rɪˈfreɪn/us
/rɪˈfreɪn/
C2
toavoiddoing orstopyourself from doing something:
避免；忍住；节制
We refrainedfromtalkinguntil weknewthat it wassafe.我们缄默不语，直到确定安全了才开始说话。
Thesignon thewallsaid "Please refrainfromsmoking."墙上有个牌子，上写“请勿吸烟”。
Synonym
desistformal
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Abstaining and refraining
  • abstain
  • abstainer
  • abstemious
  • abstemiously
  • abstention
  • disengagement
  • fast
  • forbear
  • forbearance
  • give
  • give up
  • hors de combat
  • keep
  • pull back
  • step
  • step back
  • stop
  • stop short ofsomethingidiom
  • swear offsomething
  • touch
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refrain
noun[C]
uk
/rɪˈfreɪn/us
/rɪˈfreɪn/
ashortpartof asongorpoemthat isrepeated,especiallybetween theverses(= theseparateparts)
（尤指不同的节之间的）副歌，叠歌
Synonym
chorus(SONG OR SONG PART)
a phrase that is oftenrepeated:
一再重复的话；老调
"Everyvotecounts" is afamiliarrefrain inpolitics.“每一票都重要”是政治上的老生常谈。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Singing
  • a cappella
  • accompaniment
  • accompany
  • alto
  • anthem
  • banger
  • barbershop
  • croon
  • crooner
  • dirge
  • ditty
  • diva
  • doxology
  • intonation
  • raise the roofidiom
  • rapping
  • screamer
  • septet
  • serenade
  • treble
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(Definition ofrefrainfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

refrain| American Dictionary

refrain
verb[I]
us
/rɪˈfreɪn/

refrainverb[I](NOT DO)

to notletyourself do something:
Please refrain fromtalkingduring thelecture.
refrain
noun[C]
us
/rɪˈfreɪn/

refrainnoun[C](SONG)

ashortpartof asongorpoemthat isrepeated,esp. at the end of eachlongerpart, or any phrase that is oftenrepeated:
Everyyearwehearthe same refrain, that women are makinggreatstridesinbusiness.
(Definition ofrefrainfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofrefrain

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Neither parasitoid refrained from oviposition in situations where its progeny were very unlikely to develop.
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For example, in legitimating discriminatory behavior toward women, it enacts changes with respect to the obligation torefrainfrom such behavior.
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Nevertheless, in contrast to the 1920s, the employers refrained from direct attacks on the union, and the framework of collective bargaining was never repudiated.
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Accommodation, assimilation and reciprocity are refrains heard throughout the edition.
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For the sake of brevity, we have refrained from a detailed exposition.
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The finalrefrainis expanded with more hymn-like authority, yet the sudden tonic triad which concludes the colourful orchestral coda is deceptively affirmative.
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For each stakeholder, we have listed possible consequences of proceeding with or refraining from the implementation of the technology (as compared with other options).
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Mayers mentions that other historians hold different views, but he refrains, by and large, from discussing these.
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Consider, for example, the fact that we are all obliged torefrainfrom picking our respective noses in public places.
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Werefrainfrom hasty conclusions about the greater generosity and lesser dependency needs of women, but clearly these gender differences invite greater scrutiny.
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Because symptoms are often obscure in chronic diseases, patients may tend torefrainfrom consulting the medical system for economic reasons.
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Politicians, in turn, want to co-ordinate by only offering parties that can gain sufficient support, andrefrainfrom maintaining permanent losers.
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I have argued that these features are illustrated in the use of refrains.
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On the other hand, the judgesrefrainfrom interfering with basic structures of the ' private sphere ' (especially as far as the gender hierarchy is concerned).
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Finally, with the troubadours, the musical aspect of therefrainis much less in evidence.
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