- 1/rɪˈfreɪn/(動) 忍住、克制不做；(名) (歌曲的) 副歌、重複句。
正式"Refrain" has two meanings that don't look connected at all. As a verb, to refrain from doing something means to stop yourself and not do it, usually because it would be rude or wrong - "Please refrain from smoking." It sounds polite and a little formal. As a noun, a refrain is the line or short part of a song or poem that comes back again and again, like a chorus.
示範例句 · Example
Please refrain from talking during the performance.
逐字請忍住不要在表演期間說話。
常見搭配
refrain from doing something
忍住不做某事
to stop yourself from doing an action
Please refrain from using your phone in the theatre.
refrain from comment
不予置評
to choose not to say anything about something
The mayor refrained from comment on the report.
please refrain from
請勿……
a polite way of asking people not to do something
Please refrain from taking photographs inside the temple.
be asked to refrain
被請求不要做
to be politely told not to do something
Passengers are asked to refrain from moving around the cabin.
core核心畫面
組成From Latin "refrenare" (to hold back with a horse's bridle) - "re-" (back) + "frenum" (bridle).
原始詞典資料7 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
refrainverb詞源 1/ɹɪˈfɹeɪn/
- 1
archaicTo hold back, to restrain (someone or something).
- Refrain thy foot from their path.
- The presence even for a moment among a party of debauchees of a woman endued with every quality of modesty and not less severe than beautiful refrained the humorous sallies even of the most licentious but her departure was the signal for an outbreak of ribaldry.
- 2
archaicTo show restraint; to hold oneself back.
- And nowe I saye unto you: refrayne youreselves from these men, and let them alone [...].
- As I went down the river, all dissatisfaction at my lot passed away, and by the time Dartmouth came in view I could no longer refrain myself, but threw my cap into the air, and barely caught it from falling overboard as I shouted, "Hurrah for merry England![…]"
- 3
archaicTo repress (a desire, emotion etc.); to check or curb.
- 4
To stop oneself from some action or interference; to abstain; to eschew
- Refrain from these men, and let them alone.
- They refrained therefrom [eating flesh] some time after.
- 5
rareregionalTo abstain from (food or drink).
- Who, requiring a remedy for his gout, received no other counsel than to refrain cold drink.
refrainnoun詞源 2/ɹɪˈfɹeɪn/
- 1
The chorus or burden of a song repeated at the end of each verse or stanza.
- For perhaps as much as thirty seconds they kept it up. It was a refrain that was often heard in moments of overwhelming emotion. Partly it was a sort of hymn to the wisdom and majesty of Big Brother, but still more it was an act of self-hypnosis, a deliberate drowning of consciousness by means of rhythmic noise.
- 2
A much repeated comment, complaint, or saying.
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