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

• 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。
• Abstaining from electronic interfacing had eased the tension in my neck, packed up all my cares and woes, turned me into a new man.
  禁用电子产品减轻了我脖子的压力，把我所有忧虑烦恼都打包带走了，让我整个人面貌焕然一新。
• 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。
• Abstaining from travel in the second half of the month or because the moon is positioned in the constellation of the Scorpion.
  避免在这个月的后半月旅行，或者因为这个月处在天蝎座的位置。
• 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。
• 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 changed from voting against to abstaining.
  他原打算投反对票，后来改为弃权了。
• Investigation and analysis of the motivation for abstaining from drugs in 1294 drug addicts
  1294例戒毒者戒毒动机状况调查与分析
• Abstaining ( on principle) from the use of violence.
  （原则上）拒绝使用暴力。
• Are you abstaining, Mr Smith?
  您弃权吗，史密斯先生？