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单词 abstinence
释义
abstinence
æbstɪnəns ˈæbstənəns
N-UNCOUNT 戒绝;节制;禁欲 Abstinence is the practice of abstaining from something such as alcoholic drink or sex, often for health or religious reasons. 戒绝;节制;禁欲
  • ...six months of abstinence.

    禁欲6个月

  • ...total abstinence from alcohol. [+ from]

    彻底戒酒

SYN abstention, continence, temperance, self-denial
Quotations
If God forbade drinking, would he have made wine so good? Cardinal Richelieu
I am a beer teetotaller, not a champagne teetotaller George Bernard Shaw
Refrain to-night, And that shall lend a kind of easiness To the next abstinence: the next more easy; For use almost can change the stamp of nature William Shakespeare Hamlet
Abstinence is as easy to me, as temperance would be difficult Samuel Johnson Correspondence with Mrs. Hannah More
To many, total abstinence is easier than perfect moderation St. Augustine of Hippo On the Good of Marriage
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