| 单词 | refrain |
| 释义 | re·frain I. transitive verb 1. archaic 2. obsolete intransitive verb < had an impulse to speak, but on second thought refrained > < promised to obey our laws, support our government and refrain from treachery — Kenneth Roberts > < carefully refrains from setting too great a store by miracle and prophecy — Times Literary Supplement > Synonyms: < no tolerable parent could refrain from praising a child when it first walks and when it first says an intelligible word — Bertrand Russell > < I have since tried, not very successfully, to refrain from muttering proudly when the brighter young minds among contemporaries are mentioned: “Former student of mine!” — Irwin Edman > abstain is applicable to deliberate self-denial, renunciation, or nonparticipation on principle < the early Christians avoided contact with the State, abstained from the responsibilities of office, and were even reluctant to serve in the army — J.E.E.Dalberg-Acton > < in time of war it was incumbent upon all wives who were left behind to live chaste lives, to make offerings to the gods, and to abstain from cutting their hair — J.G.Frazer > forbear may apply to instances of restraining, checking, or withholding motivated by self-restraint, patience, stoicism, compassion, or clemency < her prudent mother, occupied by the same ideas, forbore to invite him to sit by herself — Jane Austen > < he was not a seaman but a merchant who could not forbear the fun of setting sail with his merchandise — Times Literary Supplement > II. |
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