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

• 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。
• He modestly refrained from saying who was responsible for this turmoil.
  他相当谨慎，没有说明谁应对这一混乱负责。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• By the end of the 14th century, most Japanese were Buddhists and refrained from eating meat.
  到了14世纪末，大多数日本人都成了佛教徒，因此自律拒绝吃肉。
• 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。
• I have refrained my feet from every evil way, that I might keep thy word.
  我禁止我脚走一切的邪路，为要遵守你的话。
• She refrained from laughing.
  她忍住了，没有发笑。