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abstention

noun
🔊/əbˈstenʃn/
🔊/əbˈstenʃn/
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  1. [countable, uncountable] abstention (from something) an act of choosing not to use a vote either in favour of or against something弃权（不投票）
    • The voting was 15 in favour, 3 against and 2 abstentions.表决结果是 15 人赞成，3 人反对，2 人弃权。🔊🔊
    • Voter abstention is seen as the only real form of dissent in elections.选民弃权被视为选举中异议的唯一真实形式。
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  2. [uncountable] abstention (from something) (formal) the act of not allowing yourself to have or do something fun or something that is considered bad戒；戒除
    • The Church insisted on abstention from all luxuries.教会坚持放弃所有奢侈品。
    3. see also abstain
    Word Originearly 16th cent. (denoting the action of keeping back or restraining): from late Latin abstentio(n-), from the verb abstinere , from ab- ‘from’ + tenere ‘hold’.