refrained

英 [rɪˈfreɪnd]

美 [rɪˈfreɪnd]

v.  克制; 节制; 避免
refrain的过去分词和过去式

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

• Only Barack Obama in his address at Morehouse College refrained from urging anyone to change the world.
  只有巴拉克•奥巴马（BarackObama）在莫尔豪斯学院（MorehouseCollege）的演讲中没有鼓励任何人改变世界。
• But even yet I refrained and kept still.
  但是，即使我却仍然保持克制和。
• I refrained from asking how he could travel first class on the France when he was dead broke.
  我按捺着自己没有问他为什么彻底破产了，还要坐法兰西号的一等舱去旅行。
• He modestly refrained from saying who was responsible for this turmoil.
  他相当谨慎，没有说明谁应对这一混乱负责。
• Mr Greenfield almost sighed, but refrained.
  格林菲尔德先生差点要叹息一声，但还是忍住了。
• China, which is not among the 12 nations negotiating the deal and had proposed a competing agreement, refrained from criticizing the vote.
  中国并未包含在参与这项协定谈判的12个国家中，并已提出了一个与之竞争的协议。它没有对参议院的此次表决提出批评。
• Mrs Hardie refrained from making any comment
  哈迪夫人忍住不作任何评论。
• Twice she put out her hand to take the garment again, and twice she refrained.
  她两次伸出手去想要再拿那件衣服，两次都把手缩回去了。
• Despite the strong urge, I refrained from striking back.
  虽然有这种强烈的冲动，可是我克制了自己没有反击。
• Suddenly I found that I hate a lot of things, but most of the time I refrained it
  突然，我发现我讨厌的东西很多，但大部分的时间，我忍住了