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

• Some of the debt-holders, including several hedge funds, abstained from the vote.
  有些债权人，包括几个秘密基金，都投了弃权票。
• The US, the UK, France and Russia voted for the proposal and China abstained.
  美、英、法、苏投了赞成票，中国弃权。
• South Africa and Pakistan abstained.
  南非和巴基斯坦投了弃权票。
• That would be to ignore the inconvenient fact that Germany abstained in the UN Security Council vote to impose the no-fly zone.
  可惜你无法忽视一个让人尴尬的事实：在联合国安理会就设置利比亚禁飞区举行表决时，德国投了弃权票。
• Some voters abstained in the election.
  一些选民在选举中弃了权。
• She abstained in the elections for chairperson.
  她在主席竞选中弃权。
• Nine voted in favour, four abstained and 12 were against.
  在欧盟成员国中，共有9票赞成，4票弃权，12票反对。
• My dentist said I would have fewer cavities if I abstained from eating candy.
  我的牙医说假如我禁止吃糖果，就不大会蛀牙。
• India and South Africa abstained, while staunch US ally Israel did not vote.
  印度和南非投了弃权票，美国的坚定盟友以色列没有参加投票。
• ( 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。