abstaining

英 [əbˈsteɪnɪŋ]

美 [əbˈsteɪnɪŋ]

v.  (投票时)弃权; 戒; 戒除; 离开; 回避　
abstain的现在分词

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

• All carbonated beverages can be a problem, so the authors recommend abstaining completely to avoid acid reflux.
  所有的碳酸饮料都会成为问题，因此笔者在此建议各位还是少喝为妙。
• Germany chose the company of China, India, Brazil and Russia by abstaining in the Security Council vote.
  德国选择与中国、印度、巴西和俄罗斯为伍，在联合国安理会（securitycouncil）表决中投了弃权票。
• He went into it and drank happily to celebrate his success in abstaining all that day.
  走了进去，高高兴兴地喝起酒来，以庆祝那天的戒酒成功。
• Having more than one drink a day, however, offered no protection against dementia compared with abstaining, the report indicates.
  报告指出，每天饮酒超过一杯和不喝酒一样，对预防痴呆症起不到作用。
• As you cease to give your dreams for a good job that provides well by abstaining from watching the media, you will then be more likely to manifest such a circumstance in your own life experience.
  当你通过禁绝自己看媒体而停止再将你回报丰厚的好工作的梦想送出时，你将然后更有可能在你自身的生活中显化这样一个际遇。
• And a few people that are abstaining.
  有一些人弃权了。
• ABstaining from food to restore vitality is counterintuitive yet fasting has a long tradition in the world of alternative medicine
  靠禁食来恢复体力的做法听起来有悖常理，但禁食在另类医学界有着悠久的传统
• A national policy of abstaining from political or economic relations with other countries.
  孤立主义一种避免与其它国家建立政治或经济关系的国家政策。
• He changed from voting against to abstaining.
  他原打算投反对票，后来改为弃权了。
• By abstaining from such actions, one allows the mind to quiet down sufficiently in order to proceed further.
  透过持戒心得以充分地平静下来，以便能好好执行观察的任务。