| 英语单词 | refrain |
|---|---|
| 英美音标 | 英 [rɪ'freɪn] 美 [rɪ'freɪn] |
| 中文释义 | v.抑制;避免;克制 n.副歌;叠句;重复 |
| 英语例句 | (1) Sunlight can refrain the growth of melatonin in the body. (2) I carefully refrained from looking at him. (3) I wish he would refrain from scattering his ash all over the carpet. (4) You must refrain from smoking in this area. (5) He could hardly refrain himself. (6) Will you all join in singing the refrain, please? (7) Refrain makes the poetry beautiful. |
| 中文例句 | (1) 阳光能抑制身体中褪黑激素的生长。 (2) 我留意着避免朝他看。 (3) 我希望他不要将烟灰往地毯上乱弹。 (4) 在这个区域,你必须克制自己不抽烟。 (5) 他几乎不能自制。 (6) 请大家一道来唱副歌好吗? (7) 叠句让诗歌更优美。 |
| vocabulary简明 | When someone burps in a quiet classroom it can be hard to refrain from laughing. Use the verb refrain if you have a sudden impulse to do something, and you have stopped yourself from doing it. |
| vocabulary扩展 | It's usually hard to refrain from doing something, because this word is used to describe habits, like smoking, or uncontrollable urges, like laughing. The Latin word refrēnāre is formed from the prefix re- "back" plus frēnāre "to hold a horse back with a bridle." There is a noun refrain, but that's a different and unrelated word. |
| 柯林斯解释 | 1 [VERB 动词]克制;忍住 If you refrain from doing something, you deliberately do not do it. [V
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.
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.
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