To keep in, refrain from (speech, noise, etc.): see also to hold one's tongue at tongue, n. 4c.
单词 | θ86069 |
释义 | the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > abstaining or refraining from action > abstain or refrain from (action) [verb (transitive)] (184) holdc897 To keep in, refrain from (speech, noise, etc.): see also to hold one's tongue at tongue, n. 4c. forgoa1000 To abstain or refrain from (some action or procedure). Rarely with to and infinitive as object. oversitOE transitive. To refrain, abstain, or desist from; to omit, pass over (material in a text); to ignore. Also intransitive. forbearc1200 To abstain or refrain from (some action or procedure); to cease, desist from. letc1330 with infinitive as object: To omit or forbear to do something. Cf. let, v.2 2, to which some of the instances given here may belong. Obsolete. to let bec1385 to let be (dialect let-a-be; †also contracted labee, labbe). To leave undisturbed, not to meddle with; to abstain from doing (an action); to… to lay apart1526 transitive. To put aside or away from one; to omit purposely (to do something.) refrain1528 (Now the usual sense.) intransitive. With gerund as the object of the preposition: to abstain from doing something. to let pass1530 to let pass transitive. To let slip, miss (an opportunity); to pass by, neglect; to discontinue (a practice). retainc1540 intransitive. To refrain from something. Obsolete. abstain1578 transitive. To avoid, refrain from (something). Obsolete. restrain1594 transitive. To withhold or keep back (something) from someone. Also with from, †of. Also intransitive. Now rare. stay1599 To refrain from. Obsolete. nurture1627 transitive. To cause (a person) to turn away or refrain from a practice. Obsolete. rare. withhold1650 intransitive. To refrain from; occasionally const. infinitive, or transitive with gerund. Obsolete. waive1653 To abstain from entering upon (an action, inquiry, a discussion, subject of consideration). Often with some notion of reserving for a future… inhold1655 intransitive. To contain oneself, refrain or keep from. withstand1852 To resist the attraction, influence, or cogency of; occasionally to abstain from (doing something). skip1961 To forgo, to abstain from; to omit to take part in or to do. Subcategories:— on account of (something) (1) — withhold (one's hand or a blow) (3) — refrain from giving or withhold (1) — stop short of (some action) (2) — keep to oneself without acting upon (2) — choose not to do (3) — leave to another to deal with (5) — refrain from using or doing (6) — pursue (a matter) no further (8) — cancel a projected action (4) — abstain from interfering with (13) — avoid or shun (112) — balk at (1) — shrink or recoil from (2) — withdraw (from a game or competition) (1) — abstain from considering or reject (1) |
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