abstain

英[əb'stein]美[əb'stein]

v.[I]
1.戒(尤指酒)，戒除
2.弃权(不投票)

名　词：abstain'er

同：	[v.] desist, refrain
反：	[v.] consume, have, ingest, take

The first step to virtue is to abstain from vice
避开作恶是走向美德的第一步收藏
Abstain from sexual intercourse
禁绝性交收藏
To abstain from sin when a man cannot sin is to be forsaken by sin, not to forsake it.——St. Augustine
一个在没有能力犯罪时才不犯罪的人，并非意味他抛弃了罪恶，而是罪恶抛弃了他。——奥吉斯特收藏
Abstain from traditional political rhetoric.
避开不用传统的政治修辞收藏
to abstain from use the tobacco
戒烟收藏

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refrain from voting
choose not to consume
- I abstain from alcohol
[同] abstain, desist, refrain
[反] consume, have, ingest, take, take in

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