英 [ˈæbstɪnəns] 美 [ˈæbstɪnəns]
n. 节制；节欲；戒酒；禁食
abstinence /ˈæbstɪnəns/ TEM8
不可数名词 Abstinence is the practice of abstaining from something such as alcoholic drink or sex, often for health or religious reasons. (常指因健康或宗教等原因对饮酒或性事等的) 禁欲
...six months of abstinence.
…6个月的禁欲。
the trait of abstaining (especially from alcohol)
同义词： abstention
act or practice of refraining from indulging an appetite
戒毒-引用次数：7
禁戒
禁欲-引用次数：5
As an abstinence body, it catered to the teachings of Christian theology and became a symbol of Christian art.
它作为一个禁欲的身体,迎合了基督教神学的教义,并作为基督教艺术中的一个象征符号。
(旨在积累资本的)进项储存，节流，节支[亦作 abstinency]
节欲
禁食(尤指天主教星期五禁止吃肉)
假使英格兰队最后打进初赛的话，那么特里、 鲁尼(Wayne Rooney)等一众球员将全部将禁欲(Abstinence)长达37天，这看待习俗了在联赛(League)光阴与佳丽屡屡幽会的英格兰(England)国脚们而言，无疑(No doubt)是一种煎熬。
D 节制(Abstinence)：不让患者施用使他兴趣成癖的网络办事，但可以施用其它的网络办事
... abstinencerule禁戒规则 abstinence禁戒 abstractability抽象能力 ...
何谓(What)忍也，曰节欲(Abstinence)也；欲涓嶆垚纵，嗜欲所牵，逐物舍己焉。一个月亮一个你,两个影子我和你,三生有幸认识你,四个西施不如你.
节制；节欲；戒酒；禁食
Never mind abstinence.
不要在意禁欲。
He never put an expiration date on his abstinence.
他就这么不喝，如果戒酒有个期限，他的期限是永远。
I am not speaking here about asceticism or abstinence.
我说的并不是苦行主义或禁欲主义。
Pope Benedict has said the Catholic Church teaching of abstinence and fidelity is the only way to combat the AIDS problem.
VOA : standard.2009.03.29
He dismisses his brother's entirely practical argument, because for him chastity is a lot more than a simple exercise of sexual abstinence.
他推翻了他弟弟所有实际的论点，因为对他来说,贞节不仅仅是简单的禁止性欲。
弥尔顿课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课
Orpheus had provided Milton with a paradigm of the poet, the poet whose discipline and whose abstinence nourished and strengthened his poetry.
俄耳甫斯在弥尔顿看来是诗人的模范,他严于律己，节制禁欲，让诗作更加出色。
弥尔顿课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课
The pope said abstinence is the best way to fight the disease and he said distributing condoms "aggravates the problem."
VOA : standard.2009.03.20
"They can just say they won't do it." "Abstinence-only sex education denies young women opportunity to have the knowledge they need to make their own informed decisions."
VOA : standard.2010.05.12
"The market is very much alive ... after a year of abstinence, " said auctioneer Tobias Meyer.
It promotes abstinence until marriage because this makes people healthier and happier, says Ms Hayes.
Abstinence-only education programmes have been controversial ever since they were introduced under Ronald Reagan in 1981.