abstention

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /əbˈstɛn.ʃn̩/    美 /æbˈstɛn.ʃn̩/|/əbˈstɛn.ʃn̩/|/æbˈstɛn.t͡ʃn̩/|/əbˈstɛn.t͡ʃn̩/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The act of restraining oneself. countable,obsolete,uncountable
  2. The act of abstaining or refraining (from). countable,uncountable
    — abstention from alcohol
  3. The act of declining to vote on a particular issue. countable,uncountable
    — There were five abstentions in the vote.
  4. Non-participation in the political world; as a country avoiding international affairs. countable,uncountable

词形变化

abstentions plural

词汇关系

衍生词
abstention doctrine abstentionism abstentionist abstentious nonabstention
相关词
abstinence

词源

First attested in 1521. Borrowed from French abstention, from Late Latin abstēntiō from Latin abstinēō (“withhold, to abstain”)
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