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

• 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。
• Are you abstaining, Mr Smith?
  您弃权吗，史密斯先生？
• There were six votes in favor, two against and two abstaining.
  六票赞成，两票反对，两票弃权。
• 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。
• 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。
• And a few people that are abstaining.
  有一些人弃权了。
• 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。
• Security Council resolution 1973, passed less than 48 hours earlier with Russia, China, Brazil, India and Germany abstaining, was a triumph for French and British diplomacy.
  之前不到48小时，安理会通过了1973号决议，俄罗斯、中国、巴西、印度和德国投了弃权票，这是法国和英国外交的一场胜利。
• Over the years, she's shown her devotion by abstaining from meat and praying to buddha.
  她长年吃斋念佛，可诚心了。
• 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。