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

动词“abstain”意思是决定不做某事或不拥有某物。

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。

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

希言自然。

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

晚，你们看到了放弃权导致选举结果，也看到了其政治后果。

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

但是这些乎逻辑结论并未止步于不吃特定食物。

ISS, a proxy-advice firm, had recommended that shareholders abstain from voting while arbitration was ongoing.

ISS，一家代理咨询公司，曾建议股东在仲裁进行期间弃权。

Only one Labour MP voted against the government, though plenty abstained.

只有一名工党议员反对政府，不过有很多人弃权。

Now, the U.S. abstained from the vote which allowed this measure to pass.

现在，美国了弃权，使这项措施得以通过。

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

放弃不是一种惩罚，其带来结果是维持现状。

However, there is a problem with abstaining.

不过，这种戒断有一个问题。

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

伊朗、叙利亚和朝鲜反对该公约，而23个国家弃权。

Its resolution passed, but Britain and France abstained.

决议获得通过，但英国和法国了弃权。

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

我请你们11个人进行无记名。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人精神健康，连那些并未沉溺其中人也未能幸免。

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

我要你们十一个人以书面方式来做秘密。

Six countries voted for the change, five voted against, and two abstained.

【abstain】六个国家赞成变革，五个国家反对，两个国家弃权。

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

465我在医院时不得不戒烟。

And the stronger the reward response you have to something, the more self-control you need to abstain.

你对某件事奖励反应越强烈，你就越需要克制自己。

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通过了这项决议，中国了弃权，印度了反对。