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 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The boy refrained from tears.
  男孩忍住没哭。
• I refrained from writing that letter because of what you told me.
  并不是因为你跟我说了，我才写那封信的。
• 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。
• Suddenly I found that I hate a lot of things, but most of the time I refrained it
  突然，我发现我讨厌的东西很多，但大部分的时间，我忍住了
• [ 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。
• But even yet I refrained and kept still.
  但是，即使我却仍然保持克制和。
• 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。