ABSTAIN - Translation from English into Chinese

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abstain [əbˈsteın] VB intr

1. abstain (from):

abstain: (自我克制地)戒绝 jièjué

abstain from drinking: 戒酒

2. abstain:

abstain: 弃权 qìquán

abstain from voting [or on the vote]: 投票时弃权

Present
I	abstain
you	abstain
he/she/it	abstains
we	abstain
you	abstain
they	abstain

Past
I	abstained
you	abstained
he/she/it	abstained
we	abstained
you	abstained
they	abstained

Present Perfect
I	have	abstained
you	have	abstained
he/she/it	has	abstained
we	have	abstained
you	have	abstained
they	have	abstained

Past Perfect
I	had	abstained
you	had	abstained
he/she/it	had	abstained
we	had	abstained
you	had	abstained
they	had	abstained

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Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

abstain from drinking: 戒酒

abstain from voting [or on the vote]: 投票时弃权

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

On his return home, in 1851, he abstained from all political movements.

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She abstains, musing on the events of the past few days.

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Actors who do not believe the superstition will sometimes abstain out of politeness to those that do.

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The word is also used in humorous sense to mean abstaining from work.

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Abstentions do not count in tallying the vote negatively or positively; when members abstain, they are in effect attending only to contribute to a quorum.

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