英语词汇“abstain”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

ab·stain

(ăb-stān, əb-)

intr.v. ab·stained, ab·stain·ing, ab·stains

1. To keep oneself from doing, engaging in, or partaking of something; refrain: abstain from partisan political rhetoric; abstain from drinking alcohol.

2. To refrain from voting: Forty senators voted in favor of the bill, 45 voted against it, and 15 abstained.

[Middle English absteinen, to avoid, from Old French abstenir, from Latin abstinēre, to hold back : abs-, ab-, away; see AB-¹ + tenēre, to hold; see ten- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]

ab·stainer n.

单词	abstain
释义	ab·stain (ăb-stān, əb-) intr.v. ab·stained, ab·stain·ing, ab·stains 1. To keep oneself from doing, engaging in, or partaking of something; refrain: abstain from partisan political rhetoric; abstain from drinking alcohol. 2. To refrain from voting: Forty senators voted in favor of the bill, 45 voted against it, and 15 abstained. [Middle English absteinen, to avoid, from Old French abstenir, from Latin abstinēre, to hold back : abs-, ab-, away; see AB-¹ + tenēre, to hold; see ten- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] ab·stainer n.
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