音标与读法

这里为大家介绍下refrain 是什么意思，希望能帮助到各位朋友。

音标：[ ri"frein ]

中英文翻译

vi.

1.抑制，自制，忍住。

2.戒除(烟、酒等)。

3.避免；避开。

短语和例子

refrain from (smoking) 戒(烟)。 I cannot refrain from laughing. 我忍不住好笑。 refrain from unprincipled argument 不作无原则的争论。

vt.

抑制。 refrain oneself 抑制自己，忍住。

n.

(诗歌、乐曲每节收尾的)叠句，反复句，叠句的乐曲；口头禅。 take up the refrain of 为…帮腔。

the part of a song where a soloist is joined by a group of singers

同义词：chorus,

choose not to consume; "I abstain from alcohol"

同义词：abstain, desist,

resist doing something; "He refrained from hitting him back"; "she could not forbear weeping"

同义词：forbear,

A refrain (from Vulgar Latin refringere, "to repeat", and later from Old French refraindre) is the line or lines that are repeated in music or in verse; the "chorus" of a song. Poetic fixed forms that feature refrains include the villanelle, the virelay, and the sestina.

例句与用法

1.I made a terrific effort to refrain from tears .

我狠着心把泪止住。

2.She had even refrained from putting on rough .

她甚至脸上不施脂粉。

3.She couldn"t refrain from smiling through tears .

她不禁破涕为笑。

4.We refrain from reproducing them here .

我们不打算在这里重新罗列它们。

5.The refrain in the street continued .

这时大街上的念咒声还在继续。

6.Peter flushed, refraining from a quick retort .

彼得脸红了，没有立即反驳。

7.They might refrain from glorying in them .

她们可以收敛一下那副得意洋洋的神态。

8.I can not refrain from laughing .

我忍不住好笑。

9.Mr. greefield almost signed, but he refrained .

格林菲尔德先生差点儿叹口气，不过他忍住了。

10.If they refrain therefrom, clothe them and feed them suitably .

如果她们从此悔改，就适当地给她们衣食。

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