refrain from smoking
collocation克制自己不吸烟
He managed to refrain from smoking for a month.
他设法坚持了一个月不吸烟。
忍住；克制；避免
refraining — present participle of refrain
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忍住；克制；避免
To stop yourself from doing something; to abstain or avoid doing it.
Please refrain from smoking in this area.
请在此区域克制吸烟。
常与 from 连用：refrain from doing sth
克制自己不采取某种行动或干预；戒除；避免
To stop oneself from some action or interference; to abstain; to eschew
克制不做某事
resist doing something
选择不食用
choose not to consume
refrain
Base
原形
refrains
3rd person
第三人称单数
refraining
-ing
现在分词
refrained
Past
过去式
refrained
Past participle
过去分词
She refrains from eating sweets.
她克制自己不吃甜食。
He refrained from commenting on the issue.
他克制住没有评论这个问题。
They have refrained from smoking for a month.
他们已经戒烟一个月了。
常与from连用，表示克制做某事。
She refrained from commenting on the controversial issue.
她克制住自己不对那个有争议的问题发表评论。
AI contextual example
I had to refrain from eating dessert to stick to my diet.
我不得不克制自己不吃甜点以坚持节食。
AI contextual example
He refrained from hitting him back
他克制住自己没有回击。
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克制自己不吸烟
He managed to refrain from smoking for a month.
他设法坚持了一个月不吸烟。
克制自己不发表评论
She refrained from commenting on his appearance.
她忍住没有评论他的外表。
克制不使用暴力
The police asked the crowd to refrain from violence.
警方要求人群克制，不要使用暴力。
克制自己饮酒；不喝酒
During the retreat, participants agreed to refrain from drinking.
静修期间，参与者同意不饮酒。
忍住不去问
I had to refrain from asking why she was crying.
我不得不忍住不去问她为什么哭。
忍不住笑
Despite the serious speech, I couldn't refrain from laughing.
尽管演讲很严肃，我还是忍不住笑了。
今夜先克制自己，这会使下一次的节制变得容易一些；再下一次更容易。
In Shakespeare's Hamlet, Hamlet advises his mother to refrain tonight; with each act of restraint, resisting temptation becomes easier.
在莎士比亚的《哈姆雷特》中，哈姆雷特劝母亲今晚先克制自己；每次克制之后，抵抗诱惑会变得更容易。
克制愤怒，离弃怒火；不要心烦不安，那只会导致邪恶。
This well-known verse from Psalm 37 urges people to refrain from anger, reminding them that unchecked rage leads to evil.
这节出自《诗篇》第37篇的著名经文劝人克制愤怒，提醒人们不加控制的怒火会通向邪恶。
发长 /eɪ/ 音 (如 rain, wait)
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把冲动“拉回来”（re- 有“回”的感觉），就等于“忍住、克制自己”——记住 refrain 是往回拉的行动。
语域：formal 常见场景：正式写作、公告、正式演讲 refrain 作动词时多用于正式语境，表示“克制、忍住、避免”做某事，常与 from doing something 搭配；日常口语中通常用 avoid 或 stop oneself。
以上单词的重读音节都以 /eɪn/ 结尾，和 refrain 的 /freɪn/ 押韵。其中 restrain、retrain、strain、rain 都拼作 -rain，remain 和 contain 也以 -ain 结尾。注意形近词 refine /rɪˈfaɪn/ 的元音是 /aɪ/，与 refrain 不押韵。
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