0 a line of words or music repeated regularly in a song, especially at the end of or after each verse; a chorus. -- ทำนองเพลง
1 (with from) not to do; to avoid -- ระงับไว้
Finally, with the troubadours, the musical aspect of the refrain is much less in evidence.
On the other hand, the judges refrain from interfering with basic structures of the ' private sphere ' (especially as far as the gender hierarchy is concerned).
I have argued that these features are illustrated in the use of refrains.
Politicians, in turn, want to co-ordinate by only offering parties that can gain sufficient support, and refrain from maintaining permanent losers.
Because symptoms are often obscure in chronic diseases, patients may tend to refrain from consulting the medical system for economic reasons.
We refrain from hasty conclusions about the greater generosity and lesser dependency needs of women, but clearly these gender differences invite greater scrutiny.
Consider, for example, the fact that we are all obliged to refrain from picking our respective noses in public places.
Mayers mentions that other historians hold different views, but he refrains, by and large, from discussing these.
