refrain

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英[r??fre?n]
美[r??fre?n]

基本釋義

vt.
抑制,克制
n.
(詩歌的)疊句,副歌; 經(jīng)常重復(fù)的評價(或抱怨)
vi.
忍耐,節(jié)制

詞性變化

實用例句

Please refrain from smoking.

請勿吸煙。

牛津詞典

He has refrained from criticizing the government in public.

他克制住了自己,沒有在公開場合批評政府。

牛津詞典

Complaints about poor food in schools have become a familiar refrain.

抱怨學(xué)校飯菜差已是耳熟能詳?shù)睦险{(diào)了。

牛津詞典

Mrs Hardie refrained from making any comment...

哈迪夫人忍住不作任何評論。

He appealed to all factions to refrain from violence.

他呼吁所有派系避免使用暴力。

...a refrain from an old song.

一首老歌的副歌部分

Rosa's constant refrain is that she doesn't have a life.

羅莎總是重復(fù)的一句話就是她沒有像樣的生活。

Please refrain from feeding the monkeys.

[告示]請勿給猴子喂物.

辭典例句

Beings who seek samadhi should refrain from eating five pungent plants of this world.

是諸眾生求三摩提,當(dāng)斷世間五種辛菜.

期刊摘選

All users should refrain from damaging the driving range, its fixture and equipment.

嚴(yán)禁破壞高爾夫球發(fā)球練習(xí)場及其設(shè)備器材.

期刊摘選

You should refrain your tongue from backbiting.

你不要背后誹謗人.

辭典例句

Can we refrain from exercising the people's democratic dictatorship?

人民民主專政能不用 嗎 ?

期刊摘選

Nevertheless, it is impossible for me to refrain from congratulating you.

可是我不能不慶賀您.

期刊摘選

He could hardly refrain himself.

他幾乎不能自制.

辭典例句

Please refrain from smoking during the performance.

演出時請勿吸煙.

《簡明英漢詞典》

He couldn't refrain from smiling.

鴻漸忍不住笑了.

期刊摘選

Devices commonly used in ballads are the refrain, incremental repetition, and code language.

多采用疊詞 、 疊句和特定的語言.

期刊摘選

I made a terrific effort to refrain from tears.

我狠著心把淚止住.

《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》

You should refrain from bad habits like this.

這樣的壞習(xí)慣應(yīng)予戒除.

期刊摘選

Refrain from doing some things in order to Be aBle to do other things.

有所不為而后可以有所為.

期刊摘選

How shall I refrain from tears when we part?

我們分手時,我怎么能抑制住眼淚?

《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》

Refrain from talking too much , for a tongue that wags too much will slip.

處世戒多言,言多必失.

期刊摘選

Our sailors whistle for a wind during a calm, and refrain from whistling during a gale.

風(fēng)平浪靜時,我們的海員就吹口哨招風(fēng), 而刮風(fēng)時就忌吹口哨.

期刊摘選

It's wrong to bear with him and refrain from principled argument.

對他容忍而不作原則上的爭論是不對的.

期刊摘選

Succeed at all costs but refrain from appearing ambitious.

不惜一切代價成功,但不要表現(xiàn)得野心勃勃.

期刊摘選

Hurstwood could scarcely refrain from showing that he knew of this chap's presence.

赫斯渥差一點(diǎn)忍不住要露出他知道這家伙的存在的表情來.

期刊摘選

The child is old enough to refrain from bitting the thermometer.

這個小孩年齡較大,能控制自己不咬壞體溫表.

辭典例句

Can you refrain from laughter, my friends?

各位不要大笑, 好 嗎 ?

《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》

Without a comprehensive plan, we should refrain from rushing headlong into actions.

沒有周詳?shù)挠媱? 我們應(yīng)該避免倉促行動.

期刊摘選

真題例句

Following the Harvard scandal, Mary Miller, the former dean of students at Yale, made an impassioned appeal to her school's professors to refrain from take-home exams.

2017年12月四級真題(第一套)閱讀 Section B

They refrain from using politically sensitive terms.

出自-2016年12月閱讀原文

Rather, it's better to let the learners wrestle (較勁)with the material on their own for a while, refraining from giving them any assistance at the start.

出自-2013年12月閱讀原文

Shoppers refrained from buying cars, appliances, and other big-ticket items.

出自-2013年6月閱讀原文

People refrained from buying durables and big-ticket items

出自-2013年6月閱讀原文

California has asked the justices to refrain from a sweeping ruling particularly one that upsets the old assumption that authorities may search through the possessions of suspects at the time of their arrest.

出自-2015年考研閱讀原文

California has asked the justices to refrain from a sweeping ruling, particularly one that upsets the old assumption that authorities may search through the possessions of suspects at the time of their arrest.

2015年考研真題(英語一)閱讀理解 Section Ⅱ

The decline in American manufacturing is a common refrain, particularly from Donald Trump.

2017年考研真題(英語二)閱讀理解 Section Ⅱ

英英釋義

Noun
  • 1. the part of a song where a soloist is joined by a group of singers

Verb
  • 1. not do something;

    "He refrained from hitting him back"

    "she could not forbear weeping"

  • 2. choose no to consume;

    "I abstain from alcohol"

同義詞辨析

restrain, check, refrain, bridle, curb, inhibit

這些動詞均含"阻止,抑制,制止"之意。

  • restrain: 含義廣,指用強(qiáng)力或權(quán)力去阻止或限制某人做某事。
  • check: 多指阻止前進(jìn)或繼續(xù)發(fā)展。
  • refrain: 常指暫時對某種行動或沖動的抑制。
  • bridle: 指抑制住強(qiáng)烈的感情或欲望。
  • curb: 可指急劇或果斷的制止,也可指用嚴(yán)格的方法加以控制。
  • inhibit: 主要指抑制愿望、情緒或念頭,也指制止某物的蔓延。

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