refrained

英 [rɪˈfreɪnd]

美 [rɪˈfreɪnd]

v.  克制; 节制; 避免
refrain的过去分词和过去式

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

• I refrained from writing that letter because of what you told me.
  并不是因为你跟我说了，我才写那封信的。
• Suddenly I found that I hate a lot of things, but most of the time I refrained it
  突然，我发现我讨厌的东西很多，但大部分的时间，我忍住了
• The boy refrained from tears.
  男孩忍住没哭。
• They refrained from genuflecting to the laws of political economy.
  他们拒不向政治经济学定律顶礼膜拜。
• I refrained from pointing out his mistake so that he might not lose face in front of his students.
  我忍住没有指出他的错误，以便他可以在学生面前不丢脸。
• China, which is not among the 12 nations negotiating the deal and had proposed a competing agreement, refrained from criticizing the vote.
  中国并未包含在参与这项协定谈判的12个国家中，并已提出了一个与之竞争的协议。它没有对参议院的此次表决提出批评。
• After 1760 few Americans refrained from condemning slavery as evil
  1760年后，很多美国人都在谴责奴隶制的社会危害。
• Much as my colleague wanted to, he refrained from replying: Gosh, what sort of legal issue?
  我的同事很想回复说，我的天啊，什么法律问题？
• They both refrained from direct association with the president.
  他们两人都竭力避免与总统直接联系。
• Mr Greenfield almost sighed, but refrained.
  格林菲尔德先生差点要叹息一声，但还是忍住了。