abstain

abstain是英語辭彙，解釋為戒絕、不參與。

發音

英 [əb'steɪn] 美 [əb'sten]

釋義

• vi.
  
• 戒，(自我克制地)戒除，(自願)戒絕；不參與；有意迴避(from)；避開：
  to abstain from alcohol (或smoking)
  戒酒(或煙)
  to abstain from eating meat
  不吃肉
  
• (投票時)棄權(from)：
  He abstained from voting at the end of the debate.
  辯論結束投票時，他棄權了。
  a referendum in which two delegates abstained
  有兩名代表棄權的一次公民複決投票
  

vt.

• [罕用語]使不發生；避開；不提
  

短語

abstain from 戒除 ; 戒絕 ; 棄權 ; 避開

abstain frommoting 棄權

Abstain ketchup 自製番茄醬

abstain abstention 戒絕

To abstain 棄權

I Abstain 我棄權

Or Abstain 或戒酒

Abstain from Women 禁忌的女人

inability to abstain 戒斷不能

例句

But for the West to abstain from the cold-war game appears to be the only way,over time, to win it. 但似乎西方國家唯一的選擇就是放棄冷戰模式，隨著時間的推移，最終西方必將贏得勝利。

Should meat-eating Christians abstain from eating animals at church events outof respect for vegetarian Christians who believe that supporting factory farming iswrong? 教會聚會時，食肉的基督徒是否應出於對食素基督徒的尊重放棄吃肉，因後者認為支持工廠化養殖是錯誤的?

However evil those books are in and of themselves, we have to read them so thatwe might see and know and yet abstain. 但是邪惡也藏在這些書中，我們不得不讀它們以便能看到並了解它們然後將之棄絕。