refrain

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

to stop yourself from doing something you want to do

Please refrain from talking during the movie.

映画上映中はお静かにお願いします。

noun
R

a comment or complaint that is often repeated

The constant refrain about the weather grew tiresome.

天気についての絶え間ない不平はうんざりするようになった。

R

the repeated part of a song or poem

The refrain of that song is easy to remember.

あの歌のリフレインは覚えやすい。

translation

v. 控える
n. 繰り返される文句, リフレイン

語形変化

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