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abstain

英 [əb'steɪn]美 [əb'sten]
abstain

中文词源

abstain 弃权,戒除

前缀abs-为ab-变体,离开,松开。词根-tain同ten, 握住,持有,见tenure,任期。引申词义弃权。

英语词源

abstain
abstain: [14] The literal meaning of this word’s ultimate source, Latin abstinēre, was ‘hold or keep away’, and hence ‘withhold’ (the root verb, tenēre, produced many other derivatives in English, such as contain, maintain, obtain, and retain, as well as tenacious, tenant, tenement, tenet, tenor, and tenure).

That is how it was used when it was first

权威例句

1. They say it would be political suicide for the party to abstain.
他们说这个政党弃权无异于自毁政治前程。

来自柯林斯例句

2. Abstain from sex or use condoms.
禁绝性事或使用安全套。

来自柯林斯例句

3. Do you drink alcohol, smoke, or abstain?
你喝酒抽烟吗,还是烟酒不沾?

来自柯林斯例句

4. His doctor ordered him to abstain from beer and wine.
他的医生嘱咐他戒酒.

来自《简明英汉词典》

5. To abstain from meat was a serious deviation.
茹素是比较严重的反常行为。

来自辞典例句

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