abstain

1. V-I If you abstain from something, usually something you want to do, you deliberately do not do it. 對…節(jié)制[正式]

Abstain from sex or use condoms. 節(jié)制性生活或使用避孕套。

2. V-I If you abstain during a vote, you do not use your vote. 棄權(quán)

Three countries abstained in the vote. 三個國家在投票中棄權(quán)了。