refrain

re·frain1 /rɪˈfreɪn/ verb [intransitiveI] formal

NOT DO somethingto not do something that you want to do 克制，抑制，忍住 → abstain

refrain from (doing) something

Please refrain from smoking in this area.

请勿在此处吸烟。

Examples from the Corpus

refrain• Kate wanted to slap Keith round the face but she refrained.• Refiners have refrained from building any new plants since 1977.• Rand refrained from comment on the scandal involving his opponent.• He explained that he had refrained from elaborating on his opponents' anti-constitutional activities in order to avoid tension.• Jessica had refrained from expressing any further disquiet over them - at lest to me.• Black leaders will refrain from hammering at the issue out of an uneasiness at speaking about intergenerational oppression.• The storekeepers paid Mr. B. a fin a week, and he refrained from smashing up their equipment.• Please refrain from smoking in the restaurant.• Chamlong, seated beside Suchinda, appealed to protestors to refrain from violence.• Nevertheless, he refrains from visiting at the Vincys' for a time.

refrain from (doing) something• On the contrary, they had refrained from acting earlier even though they knew of the slaughter.• Thus, a doctor is under a duty to refrain from any act which may aid his patient in committing suicide.• A restriction that he refrain from counseling women will expire at the end of this month.• The vendor will undertake that the company will refrain from doing certain acts or matters pending completion.• But for most women, it was fashionable to refrain from eating long before it became fashionable to be slender.• The panel recommended that officers refrain from such actions, Eide said.• His swollen, inflamed face had become unbearable now; he could neither touch it, nor refrain from touching it.

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