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refrain

US [rɪˈfreɪn]
UK [rɪ'freɪn]
  • v.避免；克制；节制
  • n.副歌；经常重复的评价（或抱怨）；迭歌；迭句
  • Web抑制；叠句；忍住
Simple Present：refrains  Present Participle：refraining  Past Tense：refrained  

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refrain
v.
1.
[i]
克制；节制；避免to stop yourself from doing sth, especially sth that you want to do
Please refrain from smoking.
请勿吸烟。
He has refrained from criticizing the government in public.
他克制住了自己，没有在公开场合批评政府。
n.
1.
经常重复的评价（或抱怨）a comment or complaint that is often repeated
Complaints about poor food in schools have become a familiar refrain.
抱怨学校饭菜差已是耳熟能详的老调了。
2.
副歌；迭歌；迭句the part of a song or a poem that is repeated after each verse

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AllAll,避免避免,克制克制,节制节制,副歌副歌,经常重复的评价经常重复的评价,迭歌迭歌,迭句迭句,抑制抑制,叠句叠句,忍住忍住
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1.
Yes, this was said as a joke I will refrain from most chatting with you since it seems to offend your traditional values.
是的，这只是开了个玩笑而已。以后我将尽量不和你聊这方面的东西，因为这似乎冒犯了你的传统价值观念。
shì de , zhè zhǐ shì kāi le gè wán xiào ér yǐ 。 yǐ hòu wǒ jiāng jǐn liàng bù hé nǐ liáo zhè fāng miàn de dōng xi , yīn wèi zhè sì hū mào fàn le nǐ de chuán tǒng jià zhí guān niàn 。
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2.
From her I learned to tell the truth, to refrain from waste, to be considerate of the weak and respectful to age.
从她那里，我学会了说真话、不浪费、体贴弱者、尊重长者。
cóng tā nà li , wǒ xué huì le shuō zhēn huà 、 bù làng fèi 、 tǐ tiē ruò zhě 、 zūn zhòng zhǎng zhě 。
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3.
The philosophy of this movement was to "let things appear as they are" or to refrain from reading our presuppositions into a text.
这一派哲学要“让事物如其所是的出现”，也就是要避免在阅读的时候将先入之见带进文本。
zhè yī pài zhé xué yào " ràng shì wù rú qí suǒ shì de chū xiàn " , yě jiù shì yào bì miǎn zài yuè dú de shí hou jiāng xiān rù zhī jiàn dài jìn wén běn 。
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4.
Given the key part that this incident is said to have played in the diplomatic scene , I can't refrain from registering my view .
据说这一事件引起了使外交形势急转直下的作用，因此我不能不发表如下看法。
jù shuō zhè yī shì jiàn yǐn qǐ le shǐ wài jiāo xíng shì jí zhuǎn zhí xià de zuò yòng , yīn cǐ wǒ bù néng bù fā biǎo rú xià kàn fǎ 。
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5.
the best way to go about it professionally is to ask that they refrain from interrupting the presentation until a more appropriate time.
最好又显专业的解决方法是请他们不要再继续干扰你的演讲，与他们提出稍后会有更为适合的场合提问。
zuì hǎo yòu xiǎn zhuān yè de jiě jué fāng fǎ shì qǐng tā men bú yào zài jì xù gān rǎo nǐ de yǎn jiǎng , yǔ tā men tí chū shāo hòu huì yǒu gèng wéi shì hé de chǎng hé tí wèn 。
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6.
The best way not to get very unhappy is to refrain from the wish to be very happy.
不想遭遇不幸的最好办法是限制对幸福的渴望。
bù xiǎng zāo yù bú xìng de zuì hǎo bàn fǎ shì xiàn zhì duì xìng fú de kě wàng 。
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7.
Hawking's argument was that perhaps mankind should stay quiet and refrain from trying to send signals into outer space.
霍金的说法是，人类大概应该保持沉默，避免往外太空发射信号。
huò jīn de shuō fǎ shì , rén lèi dà gài yīng gāi bǎo chí chén mò , bì miǎn wǎng wài tài kōng fā shè xìn hào 。
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8.
Was it wrong for a while to refrain from publishing any positive views or to publish only a few and to let erroneous views go unrefuted?
在一个期间内不登或少登正面意见，对错误意见不作反批评，是错了吗？
zài yī gè qī jiān nèi bù dēng huò shǎo dēng zhèng miàn yì jiàn , duì cuò wù yì jiàn bù zuò fǎn pī píng , shì cuò le ma ?
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9.
Let you and I, too, refrain from saying words that are perhaps correct but superfluous , and simply be quiet for a few seconds.
所有的语言，即使是正确的，在此时此刻都显得有点多余，就让我们静静地默哀几秒钟吧。
suǒ yǒu de yǔ yán , jí shǐ shì zhèng què de , zài cǐ shí cǐ kè dōu xiǎn de yǒu diǎn duō yú , jiù ràng wǒ men jìng jìng de mò āi jǐ miǎo zhōng ba 。
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10.
Christians, or adherents of any religion for that matter, should refrain from using holy text to fight politically over human concerns.
对基督徒，或其他宗教的信徒来说，他们不希望看到神圣的文字被用于世俗人类的政治争斗。
duì jī dū tú , huò qí tā zōng jiào de xìn tú lái shuō , tā men bù xī wàng kàn dào shén shèng de wén zì bèi yòng yú shì sú rén lèi de zhèng zhì zhēng dòu 。
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