abstain
abstain 英 [əbˈsteɪn] 美 [æbˈsten, əb-]
vi. 放弃；戒除
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- If you abstain from something, you restrain yourself from consuming it. People usually abstain from things that are considered vices — like drinking alcohol or eating chocolate.
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- vi. 放弃；戒除
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1. Ten people voted in favour, five against and two abstained.
十人投票赞成，五人反对，两人弃权。
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2. to abstain from alcohol, to abstain from sex, to abstain from drugs
戒酒；禁欲；戒毒
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3. The workers who abstained from work yesterday have been suspended.
昨天旷工的工人被暂时停职。
- abstain (v.) late 14c., late 14c., "avoid (something); refrain (oneself) from; keep free from sin or vice; live austerely, practice abstinence or asceticism; be sexually continent," from Old French abstiner, abstenir (14c.), earlier astenir (13c.) "hold (oneself) back, refrain voluntarily, abstain (from what satisfies the passions), practice abstinence," from Latin abstinere/abstenere "withhold, keep back, keep off," from assimilated form of ab "off, away from" (see ab-) + tenere "to hold," from PIE root *ten- "to stretch." Specifically of liquor from late 14c. Meaning "refrain from voting" is from 1796. Related: Abstained; abstaining.
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