refrain
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UK refrain vi: (choose not to)
SC 忍耐 rěn nài
TC 忍耐
TC 忍耐
SC 节制 rěn nài ，jié zhì
TC 節制
TC 節制
Tom could hardly resist the urge to reach out and take one of the plump, shiny apples, but in the end, he refrained.
汤姆几乎抑制不住，想伸出手去摘一个丰满光滑的苹果，但最后他还是忍耐住了。
refrain from [sth] vi + prep: (avoid, abstain from)
SC 克制，控制 kè zhì，kòng zhì
TC 克制，控制
TC 克制，控制
SC 避免 bì miǎn
TC 避免
TC 避免
Kindly refrain from such behaviour in the future.
以后敬请避免此类行为。
refrain from doing [sth] v expr: (avoid doing)
SC 不要 bú yào
TC 不要
TC 不要
SC 忍住不做
Please refrain from talking in the library.
请不要在图书馆里说话。
refrain n: (chorus of song)
SC 副歌 fù gē
Judith was humming a familiar sounding refrain.
朱迪思在哼一首听起来很耳熟的副歌。
refrain n: figurative (phrase used repeatedly) (指总是提起的)
SC 老话
SC 不断重复的话 bú duàn chóng fù de huà
Then Patrick's father struck up the old familiar refrain: "Why don't you get a job? When I was your age, I was putting in a twelve-hour day in the factory."
然后帕特里克的父亲又老话重提：“你怎么不去找一份工作？我像你这么大的时候，每天要在工厂里工作12个小时。”