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 ( on principle) from the use of violence.
  （原则上）拒绝使用暴力。
• 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。
• 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。
• Abstaining from electronic interfacing had eased the tension in my neck, packed up all my cares and woes, turned me into a new man.
  禁用电子产品减轻了我脖子的压力，把我所有忧虑烦恼都打包带走了，让我整个人面貌焕然一新。
• In March China retreated somewhat by abstaining in the vote on the UN Security Council resolution that authorised "all necessary measures" to protect civilians in Libya.
  今年三月联合国安理会决议授权使用“一切必要手段”保护利比亚人民利益，中国稍稍回归保守，投了弃权票。
• 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。
• 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。
• The devout settlers at Plymouth Rock mostly recognized "giving of thanks" in the form of prayer and abstaining from food.
  定居在普利茅斯岩虔诚的清教徒更相信祈祷和禁食才是表示感恩的方式。
• 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。
• And a few people that are abstaining.
  有一些人弃权了。