Abstinence
['æbstɪnəns]
解释:
(noun.) act or practice of refraining from indulging an appetite.
(noun.) the trait of abstaining (especially from alcohol).
杰西整理--From WordNet
解释:
(n.) The act or practice of abstaining; voluntary forbearance of any action, especially the refraining from an indulgence of appetite, or from customary gratifications of animal or sensual propensities. Specifically, the practice of abstaining from intoxicating beverages, -- called also total abstinence.
(n.) The practice of self-denial by depriving one's self of certain kinds of food or drink, especially of meat.
雨果录入
同义词及近义词：
n. [1]. Abstaining, refraining.[2]. Abstemiousness, soberness, temperance, moderation.
手打:罗莎琳德
娱乐性解释：
From the Persian ab, water, and stein, or tankard. Hence, water-tankard, or 'water wagon.'
卡斯特罗校对
例句:
- Why such unnatural abstinence? 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
- I give you leave, returned Laurie, who enjoyed having someone to tease, after his long abstinence from his favorite pastime. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
- They each had the yellow fever fourteen times, and then resolved to try a little abstinence; since which period, they have been doing well. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
- This sentiment of morality, in the performance of promises, arises from the same principles as that in the abstinence from the property of others. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
- Then hearing of my fatigue and abstinence, she herself brought me food. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
- To Dorothea this was adorable genuineness, and religious abstinence from that artificiality which uses up the soul in the efforts of pretence. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
录入:佩内洛普