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

• Not only did he make the great deal, he refrained from the disastrous one.
  他不仅做成了伟大的交易，而且他还避免了球队的冲突。
• He has refrained from criticizing the government in public.
  他克制住了自己，没有在公开场合批评政府。
• But even yet I refrained and kept still.
  但是，即使我却仍然保持克制和。
• Tacitus himself could not have refrained from this particular morality play.
  就是塔西佗（tacitus）自己也无法抗拒这出特别的道德剧。
• Only Barack Obama in his address at Morehouse College refrained from urging anyone to change the world.
  只有巴拉克•奥巴马（BarackObama）在莫尔豪斯学院（MorehouseCollege）的演讲中没有鼓励任何人改变世界。
• 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。
• 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。
• [ When his parents dropped him off] he refrained from even saying good-bye or thanks.
  （每次父母驱车把他送到大学时）他连一句再见都不说。
• I refrained from asking how he could travel first class on the France when he was dead broke.
  我按捺着自己没有问他为什么彻底破产了，还要坐法兰西号的一等舱去旅行。