abstain
[əb'sten]
vi. 自制, 戒绝, 弃, 回

1. Five members voted for the proposal, eight voted against, and two abstained.
   项建议，投票赞，八，两弃。
2. He swore to abstain from smoking.
   誓戒。
3. Sixty abstain in the vote on capital punishment.
   死刑，60位议院议弃。

abstain
[ verb ]

1. refrain from voting

<verb.social>

2. choose not to consume

<verb.consumption> desist refrain
I abstain from alcohol

Abstain \Ab*stain"\, v. t.
To hinder; to withhold.

Whether he abstain men from marrying. --Milton.


Abstain \Ab*stain"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Abstained}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Abstaining}.] [OE. absteynen, abstenen, OF. astenir,
abstenir, F. abstenir, fr. L. abstinere, abstentum, v. t. &
v. i., to keep from; ab, abs + tenere to hold. See
{Tenable}.]
To hold one's self aloof; to forbear or refrain voluntarily,
and especially from an indulgence of the passions or
appetites; -- with from.

Not a few abstained from voting. --Macaulay.

Who abstains from meat that is not gaunt? --Shak.

Syn: To refrain; forbear; withhold; deny one's self; give up;
relinquish.