1 a short part of a song or poem that is repeated, especially between the verses (= the separate parts)
2 to not let yourself do something:
3 a short part of a song or poem that is repeated, esp. at the end of each longer part, or any phrase that is often repeated:
Neither parasitoid refrained from oviposition in situations where its progeny were very unlikely to develop.
For example, in legitimating discriminatory behavior toward women, it enacts changes with respect to the obligation to refrain from such behavior.
Nevertheless, in contrast to the 1920s, the employers refrained from direct attacks on the union, and the framework of collective bargaining was never repudiated.
Accommodation, assimilation and reciprocity are refrains heard throughout the edition.
For the sake of brevity, we have refrained from a detailed exposition.
The final refrain is expanded with more hymn-like authority, yet the sudden tonic triad which concludes the colourful orchestral coda is deceptively affirmative.
For each stakeholder, we have listed possible consequences of proceeding with or refraining from the implementation of the technology (as compared with other options).
Mayers mentions that other historians hold different views, but he refrains, by and large, from discussing these.
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避免, 忍住, 節制…
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避免, 忍住, 节制…
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abstenerse, contenerse…
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abster-se, refrear, conter…
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控える, 自粛する…
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uzak durmak, sakınmak, kaçınmak…
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s’abstenir, refrain, s’abstenir (de)…
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abstenir-se…
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