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

• ABstaining from food to restore vitality is counterintuitive yet fasting has a long tradition in the world of alternative medicine
  靠禁食来恢复体力的做法听起来有悖常理，但禁食在另类医学界有着悠久的传统
• Abstaining from travel in the second half of the month or because the moon is positioned in the constellation of the Scorpion.
  避免在这个月的后半月旅行，或者因为这个月处在天蝎座的位置。
• By abstaining in its UN vote, Russia joined China, Brazil and India.
  而现在俄罗斯则和中国、巴西以及印度一起，在联合国投了弃权票。
• There were six votes in favor, two against and two abstaining.
  六票赞成，两票反对，两票弃权。
• 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。
• 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。
• He exerted preterhuman self-denial in abstaining from finishing him completely; but getting out of breath he finally desisted, and dragged the apparently inanimate body on to the settle.
  他使出超人的自制力克制自己，才没有送他的命，可是他终于喘不过气来，罢手了，又把那显然已无生气的身体拖到高背椅子旁边。
• And a few people that are abstaining.
  有一些人弃权了。
• Whether acceding or abstaining of it was not important because he just wanted to be an accompanist of abstract academic research.
  是否就任或弃权并不重要，因为他只想成为抽象学术科研的伴随者。
• Abstaining ( on principle) from the use of violence.
  （原则上）拒绝使用暴力。