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

• 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***、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！
• Any enterprise exists risks and it's running is a process of refraining from risks.
  企业就是一个风险实体，企业的经营过程就是一个规避风险的过程。
• 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。
• Refraining from lying and betraying promises.
  不撒谎和背叛，信守诺言。
• For the most part, the public has shown him only kindne and sympathy to his face, refraining from blaming him for the tragedy.
  大部分公众当面对他表示的都是关心和同情，并没有将悲剧归罪于他。
• When transferring cadres of propaganda teams to other posts or promoting them, leading organs should take the work of the teams concerned into consideration, refraining from leaving the teams with no cadres at all.
  在调动或提升宣传队的干部时，领导机关要照顾到宣传队的工作，切忌调之一空。
• Why are these people pulling back and refraining from trying new things? I did not take them seriously and went on to do what was profitable.
  为什么这些人宁可往后退也不愿尝试新事物？但我却没有把这当回事，继续我行我素。
• First, refraining from telling any lies.
  第一，不说任何谎话。
• 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。
• But there are widespread rumours that the Chinese are also getting cold feet not in the sense that they are actually selling those euro holdings, but rather that they are refraining from buying too much more euro debt.
  但现在市场上普遍谣传，中国投资者也开始畏缩了不是说他们真的开始出售所持的欧元资产，而是他们开始克制购买更多的欧元债券。