abstaining
[əbˈsteinɪŋ]

v.

戒（尤指酒），戒除( abstain的现在分词 )；弃权（不投票）；

双语释义

v.(动词)

1. vi. 戒,戒除; 避免,避开 keep oneself from doing or enjoying sth, especially from taking alcoholic drinks; refrain, especially with an effort
2. vi. (投票时)弃权 decline to use one's vote

英英释义

abstain

• v.
  • refrain from voting
  • choose not to consume

    "I abstain from alcohol"

    同义词：refraindesist

词汇搭配

用作动词 (v.)副词+～

• cautiously abstain小心地避开
• prudently abstain谨慎地避开

～+介词

• abstain from alcohol戒酒,不喝酒
• abstain from comment不加评论
• abstain from flesh and fish戒食荤腥
• abstain from smoking戒烟
• abstain from voting投票时弃权

词组短语

abstain from放弃；戒绝

abstain from voting放弃表决，投票时弃权

双语例句

用作动词(v.)

1. He swore to abstain from smoking.
   他发誓要戒烟。
2. A high percentage of women said they had abstained from alcohol during pregnancy.
   很大比例的妇女称他们在怀孕期间戒了酒。
3. I abstained from voting.
   我弃权不投票。
4. Six countries voted for the change, five voted against, and two abstained.
   六个国家投票赞成改变，五个反对，还有两个弃权。
5. He abstained from speaking at the meeting.
   会上，他默不作声。

权威例句

Punishing and abstaining for public goods
Drinking or Abstaining at Age 14? A Genetic Epidemiological Study
Flaming, complaining, abstaining: How online users respond to privacy concerns
Public Goods With Punishment and Abstaining in Finite and Infinite Populations
On and off the wagon. Reasons for drinking and abstaining by alcoholics.
Carbohydrate deficient transferrin in abstaining patients with end-stage liver disease.
Alcohol consumption, abstaining, health utility, and quality of life--a general population survey in Finland.
Sequential studies of sleep disturbance and quality of life in abstaining alcoholics
DIFFERENCES IN BRAIN FUNCTION BETWEEN RELAPSING AND ABSTAINING ALCOHOL-DEPENDENT PATIENTS, EVALUATED BY EEG MAPPING
A comparison of risky health behaviors of sexually active, sexually abused, and abstaining adolescents