It's a struggle for him to abstain at all.

对他而言，单单是克制渴望就已经让他挣扎不已了。

Twelve others excluded him, and four abstained.

另外十二位把他排除了，而四位弃权。

The verb " abstain" means to decide not to do or have something.

词“abstain”意思是决不做某事或不拥有某。

Abstaining from speech marks him who is obeying the spontaneity of his nature.

希言自然。

Twelve Security Council members voted to adopt the resolution Monday while China abstained and India voted no.

12个安理会成员国星期一投票通过了这项决议，中国投了弃权票，印度投了反对票。

The first habit will be abstaining from Short-Term Pleasure Seeking.

习惯一，戒掉寻求短期愉悦。

But his decision to abstain from the vote on November 7th has undermined his credibility with Mr Samaras.

但11月7日法案投票当天，科维利斯宣布弃权。这一行为有损于他与萨马拉斯总理间信任。

However, there is a problem with abstaining.

不过，这种戒断有一个问题。

But those logical conclusions did not stop at abstaining from certain foods.

但是这些合乎逻辑结论并未止步于不吃特。

I had to abstain from smoking while I was in the hospital.

465我在医院时不得不戒烟。

This evening, you see the electoral consequences and therefore the political consequences of having abstained.

今晚，你们看到了放弃投票权导致选举结果，也看到了其政治后果。

Abstaining isn't a form of punishment. It amounts to preserving the status quo.

放弃投票不是一种惩罚，其带来结果是维持现状。

I want you 11 people to vote by secret written ballot. I'll abstain.

我请你们11个进行无记名投票。我弃权。

Perhaps technology has messed up all young people, even those who abstain from it.

科技或许已经影响到了所有年轻精神健康，连那些并未沉溺其中也未能幸免。

Only three countries voted against the treaty—Iran, Syria and North Korea, while 23 abstained.

伊朗、叙利亚和朝鲜投票反对该公约，而23个国家弃权。

I'll abstain. If there are eleven votes for guilty, I won't stand alone.

我要你们十一个以书面方式来做秘密投票。

France may yet support Palestinian membership of the UN; the Germans will surely champion Israel; the British will probably abstain.

法国可能仍会支持巴勒斯坦成为联合国成员国，德国必将拥护以色列，英国可能会投弃权票。

Eleven of the Council's 15 members voted in favor, one against and three others, including China, abstained.

15个安理会成员国中，有11个国家代表投赞成票，1个国家代表投反对票，包括中国在内另外三个国家弃权。

Opposition representatives on the electoral commission refused to confirm the results, and abstained from the subsequent confirmation vote.

选举委员会反对派代表拒绝确认该选举结果，并退出了随后确认选举投票。

Instead of telling you what to do for the day, it tells you what activities to abstain from.

不是来告诉你今日该做什么，而是告诉你哪些活该避开不做。