| 单词 | abstain |
| 释义 | abstain (once / 555 pages) 1v 2v 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. Roots of the word abstain are from the 14th-century French, "to withhold oneself," and the word often refers to people who abstain or keep themselves from drinking liquor. The noun form abstinence also pops up often in reference to abstinence programs that urge teens to abstain from premarital sex. Abstain can also mean to withhold a vote, and sometimes a difficult decision is held up when government representatives abstain from voting one way or another. WORD FAMILYabstain: abstained, abstainer, abstaining, abstains, abstention, abstinent+/abstainer: abstainers/abstention: abstentions/abstinence: abstinences/abstinent: abstinence, abstinently USAGE EXAMPLESHe repeated that he disagrees with the administration’s move last week to abstain from a vote in the U.N. Washington Times(Dec 31, 2016) By abstaining on the settlement resolution, the United States paved the way for its approval. New York Times(Dec 31, 2016) Kerry’s overarching claim on Wednesday was that the United States abstained at the Security Council last week in an effort to save the two-state solution. Washington Times(Dec 30, 2016) 1 v choose not to consume 2I abstain from alcohol Syn|Ant|Hypo desist, refrain consume, have, ingest, take, take in serve oneself to, or consume regularly fast abstain from eating fastabstain from certain foods, as for religious or medical reasons avoid, keep offrefrain from certain foods or beverages teetotalpractice teetotalism and abstain from the consumption of alcoholic beverages dieteat sparingly, for health reasons or to lose weight dietfollow a regimen or a diet, as for health reasons v refrain from voting Hyper forbear, refrain resist doing something |
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