abstain

abstain
verb
[no obj.]
  1. restrain oneself from doing or enjoying something
    克制，有意回避
    abstaining from chocolate.
    克制不吃巧克力。
    ■refrain from drinking alcohol
    戒酒
    most pregnant women abstain or drink very little.
    大多数孕妇都戒酒或只喝很少的一点。
  2. formally decline to vote either for or against a proposal or motion
    弃权
    forty-one voted with the Opposition, and some sixty more abstained.
    41票支持反对派，另外60多票弃权。
派生
abstainer
noun
语源
  1. late Middle English : from Old French abstenir, from Latin abstinere, from ab- 'from' + tenere 'hold'
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