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

• A national policy of abstaining from political or economic relations with other countries.
  孤立主义一种避免与其它国家建立政治或经济关系的国家政策。
• 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。
• Germany chose the company of China, India, Brazil and Russia by abstaining in the Security Council vote.
  德国选择与中国、印度、巴西和俄罗斯为伍，在联合国安理会（securitycouncil）表决中投了弃权票。
• 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。
• And a few people that are abstaining.
  有一些人弃权了。
• Investigation and analysis of the motivation for abstaining from drugs in 1294 drug addicts
  1294例戒毒者戒毒动机状况调查与分析
• He changed from voting against to abstaining.
  他原打算投反对票，后来改为弃权了。
• In some cases, China has found ways to compromise with western countries, such as by abstaining in UN votes on Iran sanctions or North Korea.
  在某些情况下，中国设法与西方国家达成妥协，比如在涉及制裁伊朗或朝鲜的联合国投票中弃权。
• Are you abstaining, Mr Smith?
  您弃权吗，史密斯先生？
• On the Cause of China's Abstaining from Voting for United Nations Security Council 678 Resolution
  联合国安全理事会决议（安理会决议）论中国对联合国安理会678号决议弃权的原因