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

• Mrs Hardie refrained from making any comment
  哈迪夫人忍住不作任何评论。
• Mr Greenfield almost sighed, but refrained.
  格林菲尔德先生差点要叹息一声，但还是忍住了。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• [ 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。