abstaining

v.

戒（尤指酒），戒除( abstain的现在分词 )；弃权（不投票）；

abstain from放弃；戒绝

abstain from voting放弃表决，投票时弃权

1. He swore to abstain from smoking.
   他发誓要戒烟。
2. A high percentage of women said they had abstained from alcohol during pregnancy.
   很大比例的妇女称他们在怀孕期间戒了酒。
3. I abstained from voting.
   我弃权不投票。
4. Six countries voted for the change, five voted against, and two abstained.
   六个国家投票赞成改变，五个反对，还有两个弃权。
5. He abstained from speaking at the meeting.
   会上，他默不作声。

Punishing and abstaining for public goods
Drinking or Abstaining at Age 14? A Genetic Epidemiological Study
Flaming, complaining, abstaining: How online users respond to privacy concerns
Public Goods With Punishment and Abstaining in Finite and Infinite Populations
On and off the wagon. Reasons for drinking and abstaining by alcoholics.
Carbohydrate deficient transferrin in abstaining patients with end-stage liver disease.
Alcohol consumption, abstaining, health utility, and quality of life--a general population survey in Finland.
Sequential studies of sleep disturbance and quality of life in abstaining alcoholics
DIFFERENCES IN BRAIN FUNCTION BETWEEN RELAPSING AND ABSTAINING ALCOHOL-DEPENDENT PATIENTS, EVALUATED BY EEG MAPPING
A comparison of risky health behaviors of sexually active, sexually abused, and abstaining adolescents