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1. Oxford American Dictionary

   abstain

   • IPA[əbˈstān]

   美式

   • v.
     restrain oneself from doing or enjoying something；refrain from drinking alcohol

   • verb: abstain, 3rd person present: abstains, gerund or present participle: abstaining, past tense: abstained, past participle: abstained

2. • 釋義

   v.

   動詞

   • 1. restrain oneself from doing or enjoying something the terms stipulate that he must abstain from consumption of alcohol and controlled substances
   • ▪ refrain from drinking alcohol most pregnant women abstain or drink very little many more of them reduced their drinking without abstaining 同義詞 refrain, desist, hold back, forbear, keep, ... 更多renounce, avoid, shun, eschew, abandon, abjure, forgo, go without, do without, refuse, decline, give up, have done with, informalcut out, kick, quit, jack in, pack in, be teetotal, be a teetotaler, take the pledge, deny oneself, informalbe on the wagon反義詞 indulge in, drink
   • ▪ South Asian refrain from going to a place or performing a duty those having fever or a cold should abstain the protesting lawyers have decided to abstain from work today
   • 2. formally decline to vote either for or against a proposal or motion forty-one voted with the Opposition, and some sixty more abstained 同義詞 not vote, decline/refuse to vote, informalsit on the fence反義詞 vote
3. • 更多解釋

   abstain

   • IPA[əbˈsteɪn]

   英式

   • v.
     restrain oneself from doing or enjoying something: the terms stipulate that he must abstain from consumption of alcohol and controlled substances

   Oxford Dictionary