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abstentious

/ab-sten-shuhn/US // æbˈstɛn ʃən //UK // (əbˈstɛnʃən) //

节制,节制的,节制性,禁欲

Related Words

sobriety清醒,清醒的人,清醒的,清醒地abstinence节制,禁欲,戒酒,戒律self-restraint自制力,自我克制,自我约束,自制self-denial自我放弃,自我否定,自我牺牲,自我否认self-control自控,自我控制,自制力,自制avoidance避免,避开,回避,逃避abstaining弃权,投弃权票,弃权的,弃权票

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : an act or instance of abstaining.
    • : withholding of a vote.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as intemperate
Synonyms
restrained节制,克制,拘束的,节制的abstemious节制,节制的,禁欲,节欲abstinent节制,节制的,禁欲,节欲continent大陆,非洲大陆,大陆的,大洲moderate温和的,温和,温文尔雅,温顺的self-restraining自我克制,自我约束,自律性,自我限制
as incontinent
Synonyms
abstinent节制,节制的,禁欲,节欲ascetic禁欲主义者,禁欲主义,苦行僧,禁欲celibate独身者,独身主义者,独身,独身主义abstemious节制,节制的,禁欲,节欲austere朴素的,朴素,拙朴的,拙朴bridled辔头的,辔头,有辔头的,笼罩着的curbed遏制的,遏制,遏止的,遏止inhibited被抑制的,被抑制,受抑制的,被禁止modest谦虚,谦虚的,谦逊的,谦逊restrained节制,克制,拘束的,节制的self-restrained自我约束,自制力,自制,自律sober清醒的,清醒,冷静的,清醒的人temperate温带的,温带,有温度的,有节制的

Examples

  • Israel's ambassador to Germany, Yakov Hadas-Handelsmann, expressed his surprise about Germany's U.N. abstention.

  • In this circumstance, an abstention was unfavorable to Israel.

  • The total number of voters in Venezuela is 18 million, and 25 percent abstention is expected.

  • Coined the 'Janopause' by the Daily Mail, it requires just one month of abstention.

  • A second diplomat told the Daily Beast that a Chinese abstention may be "inevitable."

  • But M. Nicklauss, with his great experience of the world, deemed this almost general abstention of the fair sex unnatural.

  • He has not been there since, and the following pages will perhaps explain the reason of his abstention.

  • The abstention of a single sense from the coupling is enough to enfeeble the pleasure very greatly.

  • A total abstainer is one who abstains from everything but abstention, and especially from inactivity in the affairs of others.

  • If he were not going to build on the ground so carefully prepared, to what end this wariness and this abstention?

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