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

• At the last election he abstained.
  上次选举时他弃权了。
• South Africa and Pakistan abstained.
  南非和巴基斯坦投了弃权票。
• Many people abstained from voting.
  许多人投票时弃权。
• 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。
• China had abstained from voting on the UN Security Council resolution to impose a no-fly zone over Libya along with Russia, India and Brazil.
  在联合国安理会关于设定禁飞区的决议中，中国和俄罗斯、印度、巴西，投了弃权票。
• They collectively abstained ( from voting) in the elections for local councilors.
  他们在地方议会议员选举中集体弃权。
• 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。
• At the last election he abstained ( from voting/ the vote).
  上次选举时他弃权了（没投票）。
• He abstained partly for prudential reasons.
  部分是出于谨慎的原因他放弃了。
• ( 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。