1. I abstained from voting.
    我弃权不投票。

2. The doctor asked the patient to abstain from smoking.
    医生叫这位病人戒烟。

3. Some voters abstained in the election.
    一些选民在选举中弃了权。

4. He abstained from speaking at the meeting.
    会上，他默不作声。

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5. She abstained from voting.
    她弃权了。

1. 抑制,戒绝：absorb 吸收 | abstain 抑制,戒绝 | abstract 抽出,提炼,摘录

2. 戒,避开：abrupt 突然的,陡峭的 | abstain 戒,避开 | abstract 抽象的,难解的

3. 禁绝：abstain from 戒 | abstain 禁绝 | abstainer 节制者

1. 戒绝；抑制
    If you abstain from something, usually something you want to do, you deliberately do not do it.

abstain

    e.g. Abstain from sex or use condoms...
           禁绝性事或使用安全套。
    e.g. Do you drink alcohol, smoke, or abstain?
           你喝酒抽烟吗，还是烟酒不沾？

2. （投票时）弃权
    If you abstain during a vote, you do not use your vote.

    e.g. Three Conservative MPs abstained in the vote.
           三位保守党下院议员投了弃权票。

1. choose not to consume

    e.g. I abstain from alcohol

    Synonym: refraindesist

2. refrain from voting