英语近义词辨析usetherightword--2#46;Abstain,refrain,forbear.docVIP

英语近义词辨析use the right word--2.Abstain, refrain, forbear 4.2 Abstain Abstain, refrain, forbear Abstain means to withhold oneself from an action or self-indulgence. [There were six votes in favour, two against and two abstaining; He abstained from drinking.] Refrain has to do with withholding an action temporarily, or checking a momentary desire: She refrained from scolding her child until the company left. To forbear, in its intransitive sense, is to exercise self-control, often out of motives of patience or charity. [Though impatient, the customer forbore to upbraid the harried salesgirl;