refraining

英 [rɪˈfreɪnɪŋ]

美 [rɪˈfreɪnɪŋ]

v.  克制; 节制; 避免
refrain的现在分词

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

• So it is clear that vegetarianism was common among Christians in Paul's day, to the extent that he had to refute their claim that refraining from meat was an act of piety.
  因此，很明显，保罗时代素食在基督徒中是很普遍的，以至于他得驳斥他们声称的不吃肉是虔诚的表现。
• An attempt to control conception by refraining from intercourse during the period when ovulation is most likely to occur.
  在排卵最可能出现期间节制交往试图控制出生的方法。
• Long-term contract is one of effective methods for refraining market power and improving the power market stability.
  长期合约交易是有效抑制市场力行为、促进电力市场稳定发展的措施之一。
• A woman is rewarded in both cases for submitting to a divine command and showing obedience to Allah by refraining on specified times, as well as by obliging on other times.
  一个妇女若顺服安拉的旨意并在生理期戒除礼拜和斋戒以表示服从安拉，那么在这两种情况下这个妇女是会获得报酬的。
• By refraining from or eating less meat it frees more enzymes to attack the protein walls of cancer cells and allows the body's killer cells to destroy the cancer cells.
  通过戒除或者减少肉类的摄入，可使更多活性脢（酵素）进攻癌细胞的蛋白质壁，进而使机体的杀伤细胞得以破坏癌细胞。
• Assist and further the interests of colleagues, refraining from comments injurious to the reputation of a colleague.
  帮助并促进同事的利益，避免对同事名誉有害的言论。
• Besides avoiding caffeine intake after lunch and refraining from doing physical exercise before bed, here are more tips for improving sleep efficiency, curated from news website Vox and Quartz.
  除了午餐后不摄入咖啡因、睡前避免体育运动之外，Vox与Quartz网站还为大家提供了一些提高睡眠质量的小建议，一起来看吧！
• Peter flushed, refraining from a quick retort.
  彼得脸红了，没有立即反驳。
• By refraining from doing so, am I taking advantage of a policy designed to counter social and institutional discrimination against women?
  如果我不说明，那我是否从那个旨在对抗社会和制度对女性歧视的政策中获得了利益？
• Refraining from making judgments especially ones based on personal opinions or standards.
  避免做出特别是基于个人观点或者标准的判断。