单词 | abstinence programme |
释义 | > as lemmasabstinence programme abstinence programme n. a programme of abstinence from something, now esp. as a treatment for addiction; a scheme promoting abstinence. ΚΠ 1884 Church of Eng. Temperance Chron. 25 Oct. 311/1 If they had gone to those Universities seven or eight years ago with nothing but a Total Abstinence programme they would not have secured a footing there.] 1930 Methodist Rev. Mar. 288/2 In these latter days such questions are omitted from the church ritual, and the abstinence program [i.e. fasting] is forgotten, with the result that the church has well nigh ceased to pray. 1979 M. R. Burt et al. Drug Abuse i. iii. 28 Clients completing the detoxification program were encouraged to enter the abstinence program for at least six months and participate in regular surveillance, individual, and group counselling. 1997 S. S. Nagel Super-optimum Solutions & Win-Win Policy xxiii. 189 The SOS is to get at unwanted pregnancies through better abstinence programs and better birth control. 2010 Independent (Nexis) 4 Oct. 4 Despite several attempts to get off drugs, it wasn't until he went on an abstinence programme that he was able to make any progress. < as lemmas |
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