abstained

英 [əbˈsteɪnd]

美 [əbˈsteɪnd]

v.  (投票时)弃权; 戒; 戒除; 离开; 回避　
abstain的过去分词和过去式

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

• Three Conservative MPs abstained in the vote.
  三位保守党下院议员投了弃权票。
• I've abstained from smoking for two years.
  我已经戒烟两年了。
• He abstained partly for prudential reasons.
  部分是出于谨慎的原因他放弃了。
• At the last election he abstained.
  上次选举时他弃权了。
• One-fourth of deputies voted no or abstained from voting to the report.
  四分之一对工作报告投反对或弃权票。
• That would be to ignore the inconvenient fact that Germany abstained in the UN Security Council vote to impose the no-fly zone.
  可惜你无法忽视一个让人尴尬的事实：在联合国安理会就设置利比亚禁飞区举行表决时，德国投了弃权票。
• Some voters abstained in the election.
  一些选民在选举中弃了权。
• I abstained the desire of having it, instead I only.
  我舍弃了想吃的欲望，而只是。
• Many people abstained from voting.
  许多人投票时弃权。
• The French government supported the resolution and Britain abstained.
  法国政府支持这项决议，英国弃权。