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abstain [əbˈsteın] VB intr

1. abstain (from):

abstain

(自我克制地)戒绝 jièjué

abstain from drinking

2. abstain:

abstain

弃权 qìquán

abstain from voting [or on the vote]

投票时弃权

Usage examples with abstain

abstain from drinking

abstain from voting [or on the vote]

投票时弃权

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

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

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

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

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

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. en.wikipedia.org

He voted with the members of his party 96% of the time, and abstained from 5% of the votes. en.wikipedia.org

Research shows that the primary reason that teenage girls abstain is because of their religious and moral values. en.wikipedia.org

Swan was later found to have broken a pledge made by the playing group to abstain from drinking alcohol for the remainder of the season. en.wikipedia.org

Out of 419 representatives, 223 voted for, 35 voted against and 161 abstained. en.wikipedia.org

This time he tries to abstain from alcohol. en.wikipedia.org

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