abstaining

英 [əbˈsteɪnɪŋ]

美 [əbˈsteɪnɪŋ]

v.  (投票时)弃权; 戒; 戒除; 离开; 回避　
abstain的现在分词

柯林斯词典

• VERB 戒绝；抑制
  If youabstain fromsomething, usually something you want to do, you deliberately do not do it.
  1. Abstain from sex or use condoms...
     禁绝性事或使用安全套。
  2. Do you drink alcohol, smoke, or abstain?
     你喝酒抽烟吗，还是烟酒不沾？
• VERB （投票时）弃权
  If youabstainduring a vote, you do not use your vote.
  1. Three Conservative MPs abstained in the vote.
     三位保守党下院议员投了弃权票。

双语例句

• He changed from voting against to abstaining.
  他原打算投反对票，后来改为弃权了。
• Are you abstaining, Mr Smith?
  您弃权吗，史密斯先生？
• He went into it and drank happily to celebrate his success in abstaining all that day.
  走了进去，高高兴兴地喝起酒来，以庆祝那天的戒酒成功。
• There were six votes in favor, two against and two abstaining.
  六票赞成，两票反对，两票弃权。
• Abstaining from electronic interfacing had eased the tension in my neck, packed up all my cares and woes, turned me into a new man.
  禁用电子产品减轻了我脖子的压力，把我所有忧虑烦恼都打包带走了，让我整个人面貌焕然一新。
• By abstaining from such actions, one allows the mind to quiet down sufficiently in order to proceed further.
  透过持戒心得以充分地平静下来，以便能好好执行观察的任务。
• All 160 deputies of the ruling socialist Pasok party voted in favour of the budget while 139 deputies of the opposition parties voted against, with one deputy abstaining.
  执政的泛希社运党（Pasok）的全部160名代表都对预算案投了赞成票，而来自反对党的139名代表投了反对票，1名代表弃权。
• Security Council resolution 1973, passed less than 48 hours earlier with Russia, China, Brazil, India and Germany abstaining, was a triumph for French and British diplomacy.
  之前不到48小时，安理会通过了1973号决议，俄罗斯、中国、巴西、印度和德国投了弃权票，这是法国和英国外交的一场胜利。
• The devout settlers at Plymouth Rock mostly recognized "giving of thanks" in the form of prayer and abstaining from food.
  定居在普利茅斯岩虔诚的清教徒更相信祈祷和禁食才是表示感恩的方式。
• And a few people that are abstaining.
  有一些人弃权了。