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 referendum many people abstained.
  在这次公民投票中有许多人弃权。
• Many people abstained from voting.
  许多人投票时弃权。
• Some delegates abstained from voting.
  一些代表放弃投票。
• Some voters abstained in the election.
  一些选民在选举中弃了权。
• 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。
• Several MPs abstained from voting at the end of the debate.
  辩论结束投票时，有几个议员弃权。
• India and South Africa abstained, while staunch US ally Israel did not vote.
  印度和南非投了弃权票，美国的坚定盟友以色列没有参加投票。
• 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。
• Sixty MPs abstained in the vote on capital punishment.
  在表决死刑时，60位下议院议员弃权。
• At the last election he abstained ( from voting/ the vote).
  上次选举时他弃权了（没投票）。