refrain

🇺🇸 /rɪˈfreɪn/ 🇬🇧 /rɪˈfreɪn/
詞頻
難度
標籤 TOP10000CEFR-C2
verb
R

to stop yourself from doing something you want to do

Please refrain from talking during the movie.

請在電影放映期間避免交談。

noun
R

a comment or complaint that is often repeated

The constant refrain about the weather grew tiresome.

關於天氣的持續抱怨變得令人厭煩。

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記住。

translation

v. 克制
n. 老生常談, 副歌

詞形變化

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