| 单词 | abstinence |
| 释义 | abstinence —abstinent, adj. —abstinently, adv. /ab"steuh neuhns/, n. 1. forbearance from any indulgence of appetite, esp. from the use of alcoholic beverages: total abstinence. 2. any self-restraint, self-denial, or forbearance. 3. Econ. the conserving of current income in order to build up capital or savings. 4. the state of being without a drug, as alcohol or heroin, on which one is dependent. Also, abstinency. [1250-1300; ME < L abstinentia. See ABSTAIN, -ENCE] Syn. 1. abstemiousness, sobriety, teetotalism. |
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