【abstinence】 - SAT备考词汇

abstinence

UK:  ['æbstɪnəns]

US:  ['æbstɪnəns]

n.

1.禁欲,节制;戒酒

2.戒瘾

3.【经济学】节约

1 . We are the "abstinence success" common teachings, we took four years of commitment and hold to his own way.
我们受着“禁欲成才”共同的教诲，我们带着四年的承诺和坚守走向自己的路。

2 . the doctor proposed him to take yoga for abstinence. the doctor ran into his wife and asked her husband did how.
拉尔辛嗜酒如命。医生建议他采取瑜珈法戒酒。医生碰见他妻子就问她丈夫做得怎么样了。

3 . With a little abstinence, you know, my dear, in point of vegetables.
您知道，我亲爱的，只是蔬菜的数量稍稍有些节制。

4 . Today, I found out that I'm 8 weeks pregnant. Tomorrow, I'm supposed to be leaving for Paris with my college abstinence group for a year.
今天我发现我已经怀有8周的身孕——不过按照计划，我明天就得跟我们“禁欲小组”一起去巴黎一年。

5 . The fate of that money, and of abstinence education itself, is uncertain under a new administration and Congress.
而现在在新的政府班子和国会面前，这笔钱和守贞教育自身的命运都变得扑朔迷离了。