refrains

英 [rɪˈfreɪnz]

美 [rɪˈfreɪnz]

v.  克制; 节制; 避免
refrain的第三人称单数

柯林斯词典

• VERB 克制;忍住
  If yourefrain fromdoing something, you deliberately do not do it.
  1. Mrs Hardie refrained from making any comment...
     哈迪夫人忍住不作任何评论。
  2. He appealed to all factions to refrain from violence.
     他呼吁所有派系避免使用暴力。
• N-COUNT （歌曲的）叠句，副歌部分
  Arefrainis a short, simple part of a song, which is repeated many times.
  1. ...a refrain from an old song.
     一首老歌的副歌部分
• N-COUNT 反复说的话;老调
  Arefrainis a comment or saying that people often repeat.
  1. Rosa's constant refrain is that she doesn't have a life.
     罗莎总是重复的一句话就是她没有像样的生活。

双语例句

• Protection of Life Album of Painting, the religious ecology ethics thought cartoon collection is a cartoon series created together by the modern Buddhist priests and laymen for the purpose of propagating refrains from killing, protecting lives and so on.
  《护生画集》是近代僧俗两界共同创作的一部旨在弘扬戒杀、护生等宗教生态伦理思想的漫画丛书。
• Though she is curious about his past, she refrains from asking too many questions.
  尽管她对他的过去很好奇，但她尽量避免问他过多的问题。
• At the same time, context refrains the deviation of hyperbole.
  同时，语境制约着夸张中的偏离。
• As for eco-environment construction of Loess Plateau, the key point is to return farmland to forest and grassland. Since it is located at a semi-arid and arid climate region, water is main factor that refrains the vegetation recovery and eco-reconstruction.
  黄土高原生态环境的建设，退耕还林还草是切入点，由于地处于干旱半干旱区，水分则是制约该区植被恢复和生态重建的主要限制因子。
• In the US, common sales refrains advertise a vacation everyday or resort living. Selling points are social contact, rich services and community activities.
  在美国，惯用的销售招式则是打广告，宣传（住老年公寓）是天天度假或者度假地生活，卖点是广交朋友、服务多样以及集体活动。
• In the third part, we will put our focus on repetitions and refrains, which are of great importance for the readers to experience the protagonist's thoughts and feelings and to understand the whole theme of the poem.
  第三部分分析诗中的重复句及叠句，这对读者深入体察主人公思想情感和了解全诗的意念结构乃至把握全诗的主题思想均起着十分重要的作用。
• Furthermore, it must not be said that the law may be philanthropic if, in the process, it refrains from oppressing persons and plundering them of their property; this would be a contradiction.
  此外，如果它没有压迫人民、有掠夺他们的财产，也不能说法律是慈善的；这是一个矛盾。
• He worries about the other markets, but he refrains from using the word 'bubble' to describe them.
  虽然他也对其他市场表示担心，但仍然没用“泡沫”一词形容这些市场。
• On her path from factory worker to real-estate agent, Luyuan had started spouting common refrains from the state-controlled newspaper.
  随着李芦媛从一名工厂女工转变为房地产中介，她也开始滔滔不绝谈论国有报纸上常常出现的话题。
• The concept problem is the key problem which refrains the teacher's specialization in colleges and universities.
  观念问题是制约高校教师专业化的核心问题。