abstaining n. 弃权
v. 自制;戒绝(abstain的ing形式)
- Abstaining from somcking is a progress, can't be done in a short time.
烟不能一下子全戒掉,你得一点儿一点儿的来。 - Today I too, for this day &night, live on one meal, abstaining from food at night, refraining from food at the wrong time of day.
今天我也在这一日一夜之中,一时而食,戒夜间进食、离非时而食。 - For women, the study found only those who were abstaining from alcohol had higher risks but the team has yet to find the explanation, the report said.
报道还说,而于女士而言,研究表明,只有两名应为拒绝戒酒的女士患癌症的几率要高些。不过研究人员并没有解释其中的原因。
Abstain \Ab*stain"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Abstained}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Abstaining}.] [OE. absteynen, abstenen, OF. astenir,
abstenir, F. abstenir, fr. L. abstinere, abstentum, v. t. &
v. i., to keep from; ab, abs + tenere to hold. See
{Tenable}.]
To hold one's self aloof; to forbear or refrain voluntarily,
and especially from an indulgence of the passions or
appetites; -- with from.
Not a few abstained from voting. --Macaulay.
Who abstains from meat that is not gaunt? --Shak.
Syn: To refrain; forbear; withhold; deny one's self; give up;
relinquish.