abstain [əb'stein]

英汉解释

vi. 自制；放弃；避免

同义词

v.desist，refrain

反义词

v. consume，have，ingest，take

参考例句

1. He abstained from voting at the end of the debate.
辩论结束投票时，他弃权了。
2. About how different farm animals adapt themselves to abstain, digest and utilize food under different environmental conditions.
主要是关于不同农场动物怎样适应环境进行采食，消化和利用食物。
3. In Ramadan, adult Muslims, save the sick and those traveling, abstainfrom food, drink, smoking and sex between dawn and sunset.
在斋月，除了病人和旅行者外的成年穆斯林，从黎明到日落之间，禁止饮食、抽烟和性生活。

英英解释

v.
  1. refrain from voting
  2. choose not to consume

网络释义

abstain
抑制,戒绝; 戒，避开; 禁绝; 弃权;
abstain from
戒除，弃权，避开; 弃权; 戒除; 不做;
abstain abstention
戒绝;
abstain frommoting
弃权;
abstain from sex
禁欲;