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 abstention [æb'stɛnʃən]   添加此单词到默认生词本
n. 戒绝, 回避, 弃权

  1. The motion is carried by200 votes to150, with60 abstention.
    以200票对150票通过此项动议,但有60票弃权。
  2. A period of such abstention or self-denial.
    断食期,节食期这种戒除或自我克制的时期
  3. The Security Council voted with3 pros,1 cons and I abstention.
    安理会投票,3票赞成,1票反对,1票弃权。


abstention
[ noun ]
the trait of abstaining (especially from alcohol)
<noun.attribute>


Abstention \Ab*sten"tion\, a. [F. See {Abstain}.]
The act of abstaining; a holding aloof. --Jer. Taylor.

  1. There was only one abstention in today's vote by the 380-member Parliament that abolished the death penalty.
  2. It announced results of 41,039 yes to 3,532 no, with 1,126 people casting "null" ballots _ a form of abstention.
  3. Oqueli said he believes abstention would be advisable in a second round.
  4. Chilean representatives protested the U.S. abstention, arguing that it violates the lending agency's charter to oppose a loan for political reasons.
  5. When the Warner board voted 12-0 with one abstention to approve the merger, Chris-Craft Chairman Herbert J. Siegel was the abstaining director, according to a Warner source who spoke on condition of anonymity.
  6. But the latest results indicated that almost half of registered voters abstained, the largest abstention rate in any Mexican presidential election in two dozen years.
  7. Following is a list of which 12 countries voted for the U.N. resolution authorizing possible use of force against Iraq, the two countries that cast ballots against the measure, and the one abstention: BRITAIN - Yes.
  8. The vote was 129-2, with one abstention in the 159-member assembly.
  9. Their position is that AIDS is a disease that can be prevented simply by abstention from certain practices that they find offensive to begin with, such as intravenous drug use or homosexual intercourse.
  10. Beijing's decision to give qualified support to the resolution surprised many analysts, who had expected at least an abstention.
  11. Meantime, Fair said, he will continue with an AIDS education program for prisoners that encourages abstention.
  12. "The Central Committee accepted with one abstention the resignation of Wojciech Jaruzelski from the office of first secretary," PAP said.
  13. Students in Toronto are being taught that the best method for preventing AIDS is abstention but that condoms can cut the risk significantly.
  14. The powerful West German Bundestag, the lower house of parliament, late Thursday voted 445-60 with one abstention to pass the economic merger treaty after a sometimes heated debate lasting nearly 15 hours.
  15. The bill passed 50 to 44 with one abstention.
  16. The North wants both Koreas to occupy a single U.N. seat with a rotating ambassadorship and abstention on controversial votes.
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