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

• Not only did he make the great deal, he refrained from the disastrous one.
  他不仅做成了伟大的交易，而且他还避免了球队的冲突。
• The French president, the German chancellor and the Italian prime minister have not refrained from mutual recriminations.
  法国总统、德国总理和意大利总理毫不克制地相互指责。
• But even yet I refrained and kept still.
  但是，即使我却仍然保持克制和。
• Despite the strong urge, I refrained from striking back.
  虽然有这种强烈的冲动，可是我克制了自己没有反击。
• After 1760 few Americans refrained from condemning slavery as evil
  1760年后，很多美国人都在谴责奴隶制的社会危害。
• Tacitus himself could not have refrained from this particular morality play.
  就是塔西佗（tacitus）自己也无法抗拒这出特别的道德剧。
• 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。
• Not knowing the facts then, he did not profess to understand, and refrained from comment.
  当时因为不知道事实真相，他不表示理解，也没有加以评论。
• The boy refrained from tears.
  男孩忍住没哭。
• She refrained from laughing.
  她忍住了，没有发笑。