abstained

英 [əbˈsteɪnd]

美 [əbˈsteɪnd]

v.  (投票时)弃权; 戒; 戒除; 离开; 回避　
abstain的过去分词和过去式

柯林斯词典

• VERB 戒绝；抑制
  If youabstain fromsomething, usually something you want to do, you deliberately do not do it.
  1. Abstain from sex or use condoms...
     禁绝性事或使用安全套。
  2. Do you drink alcohol, smoke, or abstain?
     你喝酒抽烟吗，还是烟酒不沾？
• VERB （投票时）弃权
  If youabstainduring a vote, you do not use your vote.
  1. Three Conservative MPs abstained in the vote.
     三位保守党下院议员投了弃权票。

双语例句

• In the end, the language stayed in the resolution and the United States abstained from the vote.
  安理会审议的结果是保留决议中的有关文字，随后美国在表决中弃权。
• That would be to ignore the inconvenient fact that Germany abstained in the UN Security Council vote to impose the no-fly zone.
  可惜你无法忽视一个让人尴尬的事实：在联合国安理会就设置利比亚禁飞区举行表决时，德国投了弃权票。
• She abstained in the elections for chairperson.
  她在主席竞选中弃权。
• The US, the UK, France and Russia voted for the proposal and China abstained.
  美、英、法、苏投了赞成票，中国弃权。
• My dentist said I would have fewer cavities if I abstained from eating candy.
  我的牙医说假如我禁止吃糖果，就不大会蛀牙。
• The French government supported the resolution and Britain abstained.
  法国政府支持这项决议，英国弃权。
• China had abstained from voting on the UN Security Council resolution to impose a no-fly zone over Libya along with Russia, India and Brazil.
  在联合国安理会关于设定禁飞区的决议中，中国和俄罗斯、印度、巴西，投了弃权票。
• Some of the debt-holders, including several hedge funds, abstained from the vote.
  有些债权人，包括几个秘密基金，都投了弃权票。
• In the referendum many people abstained.
  在这次公民投票中有许多人弃权。
• She abstained from the right to attend it because of her painful abortion.
  因为一场痛苦的流产，她弃权参加演讲。