Definition of abstinent in English:

abstinent

adjective ˈabstɪnənt

Refraining from an activity or from the consumption of something, especially alcohol.
the patients are best advised to be totally abstinent from alcohol
Example sentencesExamples
- The group, made up of politicians, health boards and doctors, have declared that telling pupils to be abstinent is too ‘preachy’ and will stigmatise those pupils who have already had sex.
- We know it has something to do with sex, but if we are asking people to be abstinent from sexual activity, what are the specific behaviors from which we are asking them to abstain?
- There's nothing in the world wrong with encouraging adolescents to be abstinent as long as possible.
- I cut right down (ie. largely abstinent except for the odd lapse) a few months ago.
- Naltrexone seems to interfere with the craving for alcohol that abstinent people feel, Gordis explained.
- In our opinion, the fact that in our study 10% of participants unwilling or unable to stop smoking at baseline were abstinent at two years clearly gives support to the idea that smoking reduction can be a step towards abstinence.
- Patients who had had a myocardial infarction were much more likely to be abstinent at 12 months compared with patients who had undergone bypass surgery.
- New research suggested that some alcohol-dependent people could successfully return to normal drinking, instead of having to choose between remaining abstinent, or losing it completely.
- In order to be eligible to be placed, residents will need to be abstinent from drugs and alcohol and remain so, on or off
- It is therefore highly unlikely that he will be abstinent from alcohol unless he was sectioned and in a locked environment.
- ‘It is very hard to keep abstinent without support,’ said Carter.
- He said that he remained abstinent from alcohol and marijuana for ten years.
- They were about one and a half times more likely to be abstinent from marijuana, alcohol, and other drug use in the year after treatment.
- Some told The Daily Telegraph that they had no intention of assuring their bishops that they will be sexually abstinent when they ‘marry’ their partners.
- Participants who were abstinent from drugs and alcohol during anger management treatment but did not complete anger management treatment were coded as relapsed at the time of the dropout.
- Disciplined, introverted, abstinent, he achieved both aims, becoming a judo champion and, after law school, KGB recruit.
- All four, who were abstinent when interviewed, had a history of considerable alcohol misuse in 1997.
- In such a traditionally abstinent group, abuse of alcohol leads to shame and loss of traditional culture.
- There's nothing worse than being abstinent because you're due to play soon.
- Lesley believes that her main reason for remaining abstinent was for herself and her son. ‘I couldn't put my son through what he's been through another time.’
Synonyms
thrifty, sparing, economical, saving

Derivatives

abstinently

adverb

Tho' I am as temperate as a man need be, I no longer live so abstinently as I had done before.
Example sentencesExamples
- In prison the "classical" target group for methadone treatments (therapy drop-outs, offenders who are reluctant to live abstinently, who are physically and socially incriminated) is great.

Origin

Late Middle English: via Old French from Latin abstinent- 'abstaining', from the verb abstinere (see abstain).

Definition of abstinent in US English:

abstinent

adjectiveˈabstənənt

Refraining from an activity or from the consumption of something, especially alcohol.
the patients are best advised to be totally abstinent from alcohol
Example sentencesExamples
- The group, made up of politicians, health boards and doctors, have declared that telling pupils to be abstinent is too ‘preachy’ and will stigmatise those pupils who have already had sex.
- ‘It is very hard to keep abstinent without support,’ said Carter.
- Participants who were abstinent from drugs and alcohol during anger management treatment but did not complete anger management treatment were coded as relapsed at the time of the dropout.
- He said that he remained abstinent from alcohol and marijuana for ten years.
- In order to be eligible to be placed, residents will need to be abstinent from drugs and alcohol and remain so, on or off
- I cut right down (ie. largely abstinent except for the odd lapse) a few months ago.
- Some told The Daily Telegraph that they had no intention of assuring their bishops that they will be sexually abstinent when they ‘marry’ their partners.
- Lesley believes that her main reason for remaining abstinent was for herself and her son. ‘I couldn't put my son through what he's been through another time.’
- In our opinion, the fact that in our study 10% of participants unwilling or unable to stop smoking at baseline were abstinent at two years clearly gives support to the idea that smoking reduction can be a step towards abstinence.
- Disciplined, introverted, abstinent, he achieved both aims, becoming a judo champion and, after law school, KGB recruit.
- Patients who had had a myocardial infarction were much more likely to be abstinent at 12 months compared with patients who had undergone bypass surgery.
- Naltrexone seems to interfere with the craving for alcohol that abstinent people feel, Gordis explained.
- New research suggested that some alcohol-dependent people could successfully return to normal drinking, instead of having to choose between remaining abstinent, or losing it completely.
- We know it has something to do with sex, but if we are asking people to be abstinent from sexual activity, what are the specific behaviors from which we are asking them to abstain?
- In such a traditionally abstinent group, abuse of alcohol leads to shame and loss of traditional culture.
- There's nothing in the world wrong with encouraging adolescents to be abstinent as long as possible.
- There's nothing worse than being abstinent because you're due to play soon.
- It is therefore highly unlikely that he will be abstinent from alcohol unless he was sectioned and in a locked environment.
- All four, who were abstinent when interviewed, had a history of considerable alcohol misuse in 1997.
- They were about one and a half times more likely to be abstinent from marijuana, alcohol, and other drug use in the year after treatment.
Synonyms
thrifty, sparing, economical, saving

Origin

Late Middle English: via Old French from Latin abstinent- ‘abstaining’, from the verb abstinere (see abstain).

单词	abstinent
释义	Definition of abstinent in English: abstinent adjective ˈabstɪnənt Refraining from an activity or from the consumption of something, especially alcohol. the patients are best advised to be totally abstinent from alcohol Example sentencesExamples The group, made up of politicians, health boards and doctors, have declared that telling pupils to be abstinent is too ‘preachy’ and will stigmatise those pupils who have already had sex. We know it has something to do with sex, but if we are asking people to be abstinent from sexual activity, what are the specific behaviors from which we are asking them to abstain? There's nothing in the world wrong with encouraging adolescents to be abstinent as long as possible. I cut right down (ie. largely abstinent except for the odd lapse) a few months ago. Naltrexone seems to interfere with the craving for alcohol that abstinent people feel, Gordis explained. In our opinion, the fact that in our study 10% of participants unwilling or unable to stop smoking at baseline were abstinent at two years clearly gives support to the idea that smoking reduction can be a step towards abstinence. Patients who had had a myocardial infarction were much more likely to be abstinent at 12 months compared with patients who had undergone bypass surgery. New research suggested that some alcohol-dependent people could successfully return to normal drinking, instead of having to choose between remaining abstinent, or losing it completely. In order to be eligible to be placed, residents will need to be abstinent from drugs and alcohol and remain so, on or off It is therefore highly unlikely that he will be abstinent from alcohol unless he was sectioned and in a locked environment. ‘It is very hard to keep abstinent without support,’ said Carter. He said that he remained abstinent from alcohol and marijuana for ten years. They were about one and a half times more likely to be abstinent from marijuana, alcohol, and other drug use in the year after treatment. Some told The Daily Telegraph that they had no intention of assuring their bishops that they will be sexually abstinent when they ‘marry’ their partners. Participants who were abstinent from drugs and alcohol during anger management treatment but did not complete anger management treatment were coded as relapsed at the time of the dropout. Disciplined, introverted, abstinent, he achieved both aims, becoming a judo champion and, after law school, KGB recruit. All four, who were abstinent when interviewed, had a history of considerable alcohol misuse in 1997. In such a traditionally abstinent group, abuse of alcohol leads to shame and loss of traditional culture. There's nothing worse than being abstinent because you're due to play soon. Lesley believes that her main reason for remaining abstinent was for herself and her son. ‘I couldn't put my son through what he's been through another time.’ Synonyms thrifty, sparing, economical, saving Derivatives abstinently adverb Tho' I am as temperate as a man need be, I no longer live so abstinently as I had done before. Example sentencesExamples In prison the "classical" target group for methadone treatments (therapy drop-outs, offenders who are reluctant to live abstinently, who are physically and socially incriminated) is great. Origin Late Middle English: via Old French from Latin abstinent- 'abstaining', from the verb abstinere (see abstain). Definition of abstinent in US English: abstinent adjectiveˈabstənənt Refraining from an activity or from the consumption of something, especially alcohol. the patients are best advised to be totally abstinent from alcohol Example sentencesExamples The group, made up of politicians, health boards and doctors, have declared that telling pupils to be abstinent is too ‘preachy’ and will stigmatise those pupils who have already had sex. ‘It is very hard to keep abstinent without support,’ said Carter. Participants who were abstinent from drugs and alcohol during anger management treatment but did not complete anger management treatment were coded as relapsed at the time of the dropout. He said that he remained abstinent from alcohol and marijuana for ten years. In order to be eligible to be placed, residents will need to be abstinent from drugs and alcohol and remain so, on or off I cut right down (ie. largely abstinent except for the odd lapse) a few months ago. Some told The Daily Telegraph that they had no intention of assuring their bishops that they will be sexually abstinent when they ‘marry’ their partners. Lesley believes that her main reason for remaining abstinent was for herself and her son. ‘I couldn't put my son through what he's been through another time.’ In our opinion, the fact that in our study 10% of participants unwilling or unable to stop smoking at baseline were abstinent at two years clearly gives support to the idea that smoking reduction can be a step towards abstinence. Disciplined, introverted, abstinent, he achieved both aims, becoming a judo champion and, after law school, KGB recruit. Patients who had had a myocardial infarction were much more likely to be abstinent at 12 months compared with patients who had undergone bypass surgery. Naltrexone seems to interfere with the craving for alcohol that abstinent people feel, Gordis explained. New research suggested that some alcohol-dependent people could successfully return to normal drinking, instead of having to choose between remaining abstinent, or losing it completely. We know it has something to do with sex, but if we are asking people to be abstinent from sexual activity, what are the specific behaviors from which we are asking them to abstain? In such a traditionally abstinent group, abuse of alcohol leads to shame and loss of traditional culture. There's nothing in the world wrong with encouraging adolescents to be abstinent as long as possible. There's nothing worse than being abstinent because you're due to play soon. It is therefore highly unlikely that he will be abstinent from alcohol unless he was sectioned and in a locked environment. All four, who were abstinent when interviewed, had a history of considerable alcohol misuse in 1997. They were about one and a half times more likely to be abstinent from marijuana, alcohol, and other drug use in the year after treatment. Synonyms thrifty, sparing, economical, saving Origin Late Middle English: via Old French from Latin abstinent- ‘abstaining’, from the verb abstinere (see abstain).
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