abstain

UK:  [əb'steɪn]

US:  [əb'steɪn]

过去分词：abstained  现在分词：abstaining  第三人称单数：abstains  

v.

1.戒,断(烟等),慎(行)

2.戒掉

3.避开

4.弃权

1 . Try to abstain from smoking or any other stimulants which increase the sense of irritability.
试着避免抽烟或其他增加易怒情绪的刺激物。

2 . On these terms, France and Britain might be able to support the Palestinians, and the German government could abstain.
在这方面，法国和英国可能支持巴勒斯坦人，德国政府可能会投弃权票。

3 . He says that the Ebionites claimed that the Apostle Peter had been a vegetarian and had ordered his followers to abstain from eating meat.
他说，伊便尼派声称使徒彼得一直是素食者，并叫他的追随者放弃吃肉。

4 . Totally obsessed by the idea that virginity should be preserved, he spent his whole life trying to convince girls to abstain from sex.
终其一生他致力于说服年轻女孩戒除性爱，着魔般地秉持处女应一直保持贞操的信念。

5 . Those who did not abstain were encouraged to use condoms, which were promoted to the population as a whole.
对于那些不想禁欲的人们，则鼓励他们使用安全套，并将所有人口作为整体推广安全套。