中英互译
refrain from
美 /rɪˈfreɪn frəm/
基本释义
- 避免,克制:不做某事或不说某话,通常是因为它可能会有负面影响或后果。
双语例句
- When breaking in an engine, you should refrain from high speeds for the first thousand miles.磨合发动机时,你应当避免在最初的1千英里高速行驶。来自《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
- All religions have certain days when people refrain from eating and excessive eating is one of Christianity's seven deadly sins.在所有宗教中,人们都在某些特定的日子不吃东西,过量饮食是基督教的七宗大罪之一。
- Following the Harvard scandal, Mary Miller, the former dean of students at Yale, made an impassioned appeal to her school's professors to refrain from take-home exams.哈佛丑闻发生之后,耶鲁大学前学生事务主任玛丽·米勒慷慨激昂地呼吁教授避免学生在家考试。
网络短语
- can't refrain from不禁
- refrain from idle complaints不要只懂批评;不要只懂批驳
- refrain from laying off employees减少裁员
- refrain from hard work不过于劳累;放松
- refrain from eating candy不要吃糖;不要吃糖果
同义词
词义分布
避免
71.7%
克制
23.2%
忍住
3%
抑制
2%