abstention

英 [əbˈstenʃn] 美 [əbˈstenʃn]

n.  弃权(不投票); 戒; 戒除

复数:abstentions

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BNC.13117 / COCA.24775



牛津词典

noun

  1. 弃权(不投票)
    an act of choosing not to use a vote either in favour of or against sth
    1. The voting was 15 in favour, 3 against and 2 abstentions.
      表决结果是15人赞成,3人反对,2人弃权。
  2. 戒;戒除
    the act of not allowing yourself to have or do sth enjoyable or sth that is considered bad

    柯林斯词典

    1. N-VAR (投票时之)弃权
      Abstention is a formal act of not voting either for or against a proposal.
      1. ...a vote of sixteen in favor, three against, and one abstention...
        16票赞成、3票反对、1票弃权
      2. The number of abstentions is likely to be crucial...
        弃权票数很可能起决定性作用。
      3. Abstention is traditionally high in Colombia.
        在哥伦比亚,弃权率历来较高。
    2. N-UNCOUNT 同 abstinence
      Abstention is the same as abstinence.
      1. The goal is complete abstention from all mind-altering substances.
        目标是彻底戒绝所有致幻物质。

    双语例句

    1. The number of abstentions is likely to be crucial
      弃权票数很可能起决定性作用。
    2. Abstention is traditionally high in Colombia.
      在哥伦比亚,弃权率历来较高。
    3. The goal is complete abstention from all mind-altering substances.
      目标是彻底戒绝所有致幻物质。
    4. Scowcroft met with Dinitz to brief him on the Soviet proposal for a joint abstention.
      斯考克罗夫特会见迪尼茨,向上通报苏联关于联合弃权的建议。
    5. Today, the outstanding holiday is one of religious observance and abstention from normal work routines, taking place on Sunday for Christians, Friday for Muslims, and Saturday for Jews.
      今天,具有突出特点的假日是宗教庆典和远离日常工作的日子:对于基督徒来说是星期日,穆斯林是星期五,犹太人则是星期六。
    6. Nonviolence is not just abstention from war, fighting, or animal flesh. It is abstention from negative thoughts and negative speech.
      非暴力不只是对战争、打斗、或肉的禁绝,更是对一切负面思想及言语的舍弃。
    7. Refusal to select is deemed abstention.
      拒不选择的,视为弃权。
    8. But what does he mean by or what do I mean by referring to his policies of abstention? from political life?
      但他所谓,或我所谓,疏离政治的,人生策略为何?
    9. But those who do drink in countries with high abstention rates consume alcohol at high levels.
      但在不饮酒比率较高的国家中,饮酒者消费酒精的水平很高。
    10. Abstention from drinking and smoking is the only way to improve your poor health.
      戒掉烟酒是改变你不良健康状况的唯一途径。
    11. The Associated Press reported that the Cabinet vote was 24-0 in favor of the resolution, with one abstention.
      据报道以色列内阁以24-0投票通过停火决议,有一人缺席。
    12. I have already got a month of abstention and I think I am changing here and the way I perceive things.
      我已经一个月没有吸毒了,我对事情的看法也改变了。
    13. If austerity can be defined as self-denial and abstention from worldly pleasures, what a joyless bunch we have been, with all that cutting and scrimping.
      如果紧缩可被定义为自我克制及放弃世俗享乐,那么这些缩减及节省已使我们变成非常无趣的一群人。
    14. Abstention rates are low in high-income, high consumption countries, and higher in North African and South Asian countries.
      不饮酒的比率在高收入和高消费的国家中较低,在北非和南亚各国较高。
    15. "The UN Security Council voted with three pros, one con and one abstention."
      “联合国安理会投票,三票赞成,一票反对,一票弃权”
    16. In case the director neither attends nor entrusts others to attend the meeting, he will be regarded as abstention.
      如届时未出席祟不委托他人出席,则作为弃权。
    17. EU lawmaker Francis Wurtz of France says the rate of voter abstention showed lack of confidence in the European Union.
      欧洲议会议员、法国的弗朗西斯。伍茨说,法国选民弃权表现出他们对欧盟缺乏信心。
    18. British diplomats say that Russian support for a UN resolution, or even its abstention, would demoralise the Assad regime with whom Moscow has close links.
      英国外交官表示,如果俄罗斯能对这项联合国决议投赞成票、哪怕是弃权票,都会让阿萨德政权的锐气受挫&该政权与莫斯科方面关系密切。
    19. In Washington the Bureau of European Affairs recommended abstention.
      在华盛顿,欧洲事务司主张弃权。
    20. We have the right of abstention on grounds of principle.
      基于原则,我们有权弃权。
    21. We consider that the abstention manner straightforwardly and the official incorruptible moral behavior affects its poetry esthetics thought to a certain extent.
      认为张戒为人耿直、为官清廉的人品在某种程度上也影响到了其诗歌美学思想;
    22. Given the abstention rate of40 percent, his actual support could be far lower.
      如果再考虑到有40%的选票弃投率,他的实际支持率可能还要低。
    23. He cited the reasons Behind President Roosevelt's abstention from war prior to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
      他列举了罗斯福在日本偷袭珍珠港以前避免参战的原故。
    24. There were high levels of abstention from voting in the last elections.
      在最后选举中有很多人弃权投票。
    25. Objective: To explore the effect of intervention with music psychological drama on motivation of drug abstention and relapse prevention in heroin dependent patients.
      目的:研究音乐心理剧对我国***依赖者的戒毒动机和操守的临床干预效果。
    26. But abstention would be a tacit Yes to a fair peace.
      但投弃权票的将是一个心照不宣的对公正的和平的肯定。
    27. Yama is abstention from harming others, from false-hood, from theft, from incontinence, and from greed.
      持戒是:不杀生、不说谎、不偷盗、不纵欲、不贪婪。
    28. Due to our lack of wisdom and limitation of ability, abstention from error is not possible.
      因为我们智慧的欠缺,能力的有限,不可能不做错事情。
    29. When a man becomes steadfast in his abstention form greed, he gains knowledge of his past, present and future existences.
      当一个人不再贪婪时,他就会认识其生存的过去、现在和将来。
    30. Dharma, abstention, harmony and their wide application in practical society and importance should be carried forward.
      德性、节制性、和谐性以其在现实社会的广泛应用与作用,应该发扬光大。

    英英释义

    noun

    1. the trait of abstaining (especially from alcohol)

        Synonym:    abstinence