refraining
present participle ofrefrain
| 单词 | refraining |
| 释义 | refraining present participle ofrefrain refrain verb[I] formaluk/rɪˈfreɪn/us/rɪˈfreɪn/C2 toavoiddoing orstopyourself from doing something: We refrainedfromtalkinguntil weknewthat it wassafe. Thesignon thewallsaid "Please refrainfromsmoking." Synonym desistformal Abstaining and refraining
Examplesofrefrainingrefraining In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. A possible reason for this assumption is the difficulty of distinguishing between doing andrefraining, with regard to medical technology. From theCambridge English Corpus If monetary policies are accommodating, real-wage restraint is feasible as long as the confederal leadership understands the importance ofrefrainingfrom making radical inflation-compensating demands. From theCambridge English Corpus A study of nonresonant electron diffusionrefrainingfrom ensemble substitution is performed. From theCambridge English Corpus This measure consisted in the therapistrefrainingfrom using any instrument to record or note something during the hour of treatment. From theCambridge English Corpus There is a proviso: that herrefrainingfrom acting or allowing acts to be performed upon her does not significantly harm her. From theCambridge English Corpus These people value it byrefrainingfrom obstructing the normal working of democratic states or by writing pamphlets about its advantages. 67. From theCambridge English Corpus The questions also concerned their reasons for being vaccinated and their arguments forrefrainingfrom vaccination. From theCambridge English Corpus For example, a woman may obviously plan to have, and actually have, intercourse whilerefrainingfrom using contraceptives in order to have a desired baby. From theCambridge English Corpus Some suspect that moral obligations to the patient extend only torefrainingfrom the former, not the latter. From theCambridge English Corpus First-order reasons are reasons for action or reasons forrefrainingfrom action. From theCambridge English Corpus Were we not free inrefrainingfrom neglect of our duty, our supererogatory actions would not have this double merit. From theCambridge English Corpus In this context, efficient production hinged on the tenant/sharecropperrefrainingfrom various acts such as: abandoning the land, altering crop rotations, and removing manure and straw from the land. From theCambridge English Corpus Self-control may be characterized as accepting some short-term deprivation (as inrefrainingfrom an addictive drug) and thereby obtaining some larger, long-term good (health and well-being). From theCambridge English Corpus And it might seem plausible that holding this belief unreflectively is less than fully rational, and deliberatelyrefrainingfrom subjecting it to critical scrutiny a violation of one's epistemic duties. From theCambridge English Corpus Yet a silent obituary,refrainingfrom marking this life, would have missed the uncommon opportunity for public acknowledgement of the life of a person with dementia. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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