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Refrain Rɪˈfreɪn Repeated Part Verb Formal Noun N Count

The word 'refrain' can mean to deliberately not do something, or can refer to the repeated part of a song or a commonly repeated saying.

克制;忍住;(歌曲的)叠句,副歌部分;反复说的话

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Collins
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/rɪfre͟ɪn/
1
[VERB 动词]克制;忍住 If you refrain from doing something, you deliberately do not do it.
  [V from -ing/n]
  • Mrs Hardie refrained from making any comment...

    哈迪夫人忍住不作任何评论。

  • He appealed to all factions to refrain from violence.

    他呼吁所有派系避免使用暴力。

2
[N-COUNT 可数名词](歌曲的)叠句,副歌部分 A refrain is a short, simple part of a song, which is repeated many times.
  • ...a refrain from an old song.

    一首老歌的副歌部分

3
[N-COUNT 可数名词]反复说的话;老调 A refrain is a comment or saying that people often repeat.
  • Rosa's constant refrain is that she doesn't have a life.

    罗莎总是重复的一句话就是她没有像样的生活。


Oxford re·frain / rɪˈfreɪn ; NAmE rɪˈfreɪn /
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noun
refrain refrains refrained refraining
verb [intransitive ] ( formal) to stop yourself from doing sth, especially sth that you want to do 克制;节制;避免 SYN
desist from
refrain(from sth) ◆ Please refrain from smoking. 请勿吸烟。 refrain(from doing sth) ◆ He has refrained from criticizing the government in public. 他克制住了自己,没有在公开场合批评政府。
noun 1 a comment or complaint that is often repeated 经常重复的评价(或抱怨) ◆ Complaints about poor food in schools have become a familiar refrain. 抱怨学校饭菜差已是耳熟能详的老调了。 2 the part of a song or a poem that is repeated after each verse 副歌;叠歌;迭句 SYN
chorus
re·frain / rɪˈfreɪn ; NAmE rɪˈfreɪn /
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refrain1 verb
refrain2 noun
refrainre‧frain1 /rɪˈfreɪn/ ●○○ verb [intransitive] formal
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to not do something that you want to do → abstainrefrain from (doing) something Please refrain from smoking in this area.
refrain1 verb
refrain2 noun
refrainrefrain2 noun [countable]
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1part of a song or poem that is repeated, especially at the end of each verse → chorus2formal a remark or idea that is often repeated:  Our proposal met with the constant refrain that the company could not afford it.
WDF

refrain

[rɪˈfreɪn]refrained, refraining, refrains

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避免(42%),克制(31%),重复(8%),抑制(7%),叠句(6%),副歌(6%)
n.叠句,副歌;重复
vi.节制,克制;避免;制止

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