| 单词 | total abstention |
| 释义 | > as lemmastotal abstention b. total abstinence: spec. entire abstinence from the use of alcoholic drinks. So total abstainer; also (rare) total abstinent, total abstention. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > abstention from drinking > [noun] > total abstinence total abstinence1831 teetotalism1834 Rechabitism1841 Good Templarism1859 nephalism1860 blue-ribbonism1867 total abstention1880 temperance1887 Templarism1888 the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > abstention from drinking > [noun] > total abstinence > total abstainer water-drinker1440 abstainerc1475 Rechabite1637 drink-watera1641 hydropotist1678 hydropot1727 teetotal1834 teetotaller1834 teetotalist1840 Washingtonian1842 Good Templar1853 teetotalleress1854 blue-ribbonist1858 nephalist1861 total abstainer1862 blue-ribbonite1867 totec1870 Templar1874 blue ribboner1878 total abstinent1882 water butt1882 white ribboner1886 non-drinker1910 pioneer1912 T.T.1922 1831 J. Tuckerman Let. respecting a City Temperance Soc., Boston, Mass. 5 A total abstinence from intoxicating stimulants, except for medicinal purposes. 1856 R. A. Vaughan Hours with Mystics (1860) II. 219 How much easier is total abstinence from scenes of amusement than temperance in money-getting. 1862 Sat. Rev. 13 617/2 This observation supplies an answer to some of the usual arguments of the total-abstainers. 1880 Richardson in Med. Temp. Jrnl. 71 In their allegiance to ‘total abstention’. 1882 Magazine Very few public men..care to order a bottle of wine at a public table. It is not because they are total abstinents. < as lemmas |
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