abstained

英 [əbˈsteɪnd]

美 [əbˈsteɪnd]

v.  (投票时)弃权; 戒; 戒除; 离开; 回避　
abstain的过去分词和过去式

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

• ( EU countries abstained and the US voted against.) But there is something formulaic about the condemnation.
  （欧盟各成员国弃权，美国投了反对票。）然而，对以色列的谴责有些模式化。
• Many people abstained from voting.
  许多人投票时弃权。
• China had abstained from voting on the UN Security Council resolution to impose a no-fly zone over Libya along with Russia, India and Brazil.
  在联合国安理会关于设定禁飞区的决议中，中国和俄罗斯、印度、巴西，投了弃权票。
• They collectively abstained ( from voting) in the elections for local councilors.
  他们在地方议会议员选举中集体弃权。
• The rest either abstained or voted against us.
  其他的不是弃权就是反对我们。
• I've abstained from smoking for two years.
  我已经戒烟两年了。
• She abstained from the right to attend it because of her painful abortion.
  因为一场痛苦的流产，她弃权参加演讲。
• The French government supported the resolution and Britain abstained.
  法国政府支持这项决议，英国弃权。
• Several MPs abstained from voting at the end of the debate.
  辩论结束投票时，有几个议员弃权。
• Some delegates abstained from voting.
  一些代表放弃投票。