refrains

英 [rɪˈfreɪnz]

美 [rɪˈfreɪnz]

v.  克制; 节制; 避免
refrain的第三人称单数

柯林斯词典

• VERB 克制;忍住
  If yourefrain fromdoing something, you deliberately do not do it.
  1. Mrs Hardie refrained from making any comment...
     哈迪夫人忍住不作任何评论。
  2. He appealed to all factions to refrain from violence.
     他呼吁所有派系避免使用暴力。
• N-COUNT （歌曲的）叠句，副歌部分
  Arefrainis a short, simple part of a song, which is repeated many times.
  1. ...a refrain from an old song.
     一首老歌的副歌部分
• N-COUNT 反复说的话;老调
  Arefrainis a comment or saying that people often repeat.
  1. Rosa's constant refrain is that she doesn't have a life.
     罗莎总是重复的一句话就是她没有像样的生活。

双语例句

• One of the refrains I have heard often in recent weeks is that the new president cannot expect Europe to send more troops to Afghanistan until there is a credible political strategy.
  最近几周我经常听到的一句话是，在新总统拿出有效的政治战略之前，他不要指望欧洲会向阿富汗增派军队。
• Many folk songs have "refrains", that is, regularly repeated independent elements attached to each stanza.
  许多民歌有重复句，即每一段都有规则地重复出现的单独句。
• Though she is curious about his past, she refrains from asking too many questions.
  尽管她对他的过去很好奇，但她尽量避免问他过多的问题。
• An improved portable vision method which refrains from using code targets is studied to meet specific application requirements.
  研究一种不基于粘贴标志的移动视觉测量方法，拓展移动视觉测量满足特定应用需求。
• In his History of the Peloponnesian War, to be sure, he refrains from offering a picture of the best regime.
  在其《伯罗奔尼撒战争史》中，可以肯定，修昔底德克制不要提供最佳政制的图景。
• On her path from factory worker to real-estate agent, Luyuan had started spouting common refrains from the state-controlled newspaper.
  随着李芦媛从一名工厂女工转变为房地产中介，她也开始滔滔不绝谈论国有报纸上常常出现的话题。
• He worries about the other markets, but he refrains from using the word 'bubble' to describe them.
  虽然他也对其他市场表示担心，但仍然没用“泡沫”一词形容这些市场。
• As for eco-environment construction of Loess Plateau, the key point is to return farmland to forest and grassland. Since it is located at a semi-arid and arid climate region, water is main factor that refrains the vegetation recovery and eco-reconstruction.
  黄土高原生态环境的建设，退耕还林还草是切入点，由于地处于干旱半干旱区，水分则是制约该区植被恢复和生态重建的主要限制因子。
• Furthermore, it must not be said that the law may be philanthropic if, in the process, it refrains from oppressing persons and plundering them of their property; this would be a contradiction.
  此外，如果它没有压迫人民、有掠夺他们的财产，也不能说法律是慈善的；这是一个矛盾。
• In the US, common sales refrains advertise a vacation everyday or resort living. Selling points are social contact, rich services and community activities.
  在美国，惯用的销售招式则是打广告，宣传（住老年公寓）是天天度假或者度假地生活，卖点是广交朋友、服务多样以及集体活动。