refrain 详细解释

refrain

[ri'frein]

v.抑制, 避免, 克制
n.副歌, 叠句, 重复

vi.

忍住; 抑制, 节制; 戒除[(+from)]

Please refrain from spitting on the sidewalk.

请不要在人行道上吐痰。

vt.

【古】克制, 抑制

He could hardly refrain himself.

他几乎不能自制。

词形变化

名词: refrainer | 动词过去式: refrained | 动词过去分词: refrained | 动词现在分词: refraining | 动词第三人称单数: refrains |

词义辨析

同义:

vt.避免

avoid  abstain  forego  shun  

反义:

vt.vi.避免; 节制; 戒除

persist  

英英释义

名词 refrain:

the part of a song where a soloist is joined by a group of singers

同义词:chorus

动词 refrain:

resist doing something

同义词:forbear

choose not to consume

同义词:abstain, desist

短语词组

refrain from

1. 克制住; 忍住

The boy refrained from tears.

男孩忍住没哭。

补充

refrainrefrain英:[riˈfrein] 美:[rɪˈfren]vi.1.抑制; 克制; 戒除Please refrain from smoking during the performance.演出时请勿吸烟。n.1.(诗歌的)叠句, 副歌

例句

1. It is difficult for us to refrain from laughing when we are seeing a comedy.在我们观看喜剧时,很难忍住不笑。 2. He could not refrain his tears when he heard the bad news.当他听到这个不幸的消息时眼泪禁不住落下来。 3. she refrained from comment.她强忍着不作评议。 4. ‘Poor Tom ’had become the constant refrain of his friends.“可怜的汤姆”已经常挂在他朋友们的口头。 5. Please refrain from smoking in the hospital.请尽量避免在医院内吸烟。 6. I was going to make a joke but I refrained.我本想开个玩笑但还是忍住了。 7. Please refrain from smoking.请勿吸烟。 8. She refrained from saying what she truly felt.她克制了,没有说出真实感受。 9. A common/familiar refrain among teachers these days is that the schools need more funding.现在老师最常说的话就是学校需要更多的资金。