abstained

英 [əbˈsteɪnd]

美 [əbˈsteɪnd]

v.  (投票时)弃权; 戒; 戒除; 离开; 回避　
abstain的过去分词和过去式

柯林斯词典

• VERB 戒绝；抑制
  If youabstain fromsomething, usually something you want to do, you deliberately do not do it.
  1. Abstain from sex or use condoms...
     禁绝性事或使用安全套。
  2. Do you drink alcohol, smoke, or abstain?
     你喝酒抽烟吗，还是烟酒不沾？
• VERB （投票时）弃权
  If youabstainduring a vote, you do not use your vote.
  1. Three Conservative MPs abstained in the vote.
     三位保守党下院议员投了弃权票。

双语例句

• The French government supported the resolution and Britain abstained.
  法国政府支持这项决议，英国弃权。
• At the last election he abstained ( from voting/ the vote).
  上次选举时他弃权了（没投票）。
• I abstained the desire of having it, instead I only.
  我舍弃了想吃的欲望，而只是。
• At the last election he abstained.
  上次选举时他弃权了。
• One-fourth of deputies voted no or abstained from voting to the report.
  四分之一对工作报告投反对或弃权票。
• At the end of the debate, several MPs abstained from voting.
  辩论结束后，有几位议员没有参加投票。
• Some delegates abstained from voting.
  一些代表放弃投票。
• Three Conservative MPs abstained in the vote.
  三位保守党下院议员投了弃权票。
• South Africa and Pakistan abstained.
  南非和巴基斯坦投了弃权票。
• ( EU countries abstained and the US voted against.) But there is something formulaic about the condemnation.
  （欧盟各成员国弃权，美国投了反对票。）然而，对以色列的谴责有些模式化。