refrain

🇺🇸 /rɪˈfreɪn/ 🇬🇧 /rɪˈfreɪn/
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标签 TOP10000CEFR-C2
verb
R

to stop yourself from doing something you want to do

Please refrain from talking during the movie.

请在电影放映期间避免交谈。

noun
R

a comment or complaint that is often repeated

The constant refrain about the weather grew tiresome.

关于天气的不断抱怨变得令人厌烦。

R

the repeated part of a song or poem

The refrain of that song is easy to remember.

那首歌的副歌部分很容易记住。

translation

v. 克制
n. 老生常谈, 副歌

词形变化

3rd Present refrains
Progressive refraining
Past refrained
Perfect refrained
Plural refrains