1. Scowcroft met with Dinitz to brief him on the Soviet proposal for a joint abstention. 斯考克罗夫特会见迪尼茨，向上通报苏联关于联合弃权的建议。
2. Nonviolence is not just abstention from war, fighting, or animal flesh. It is abstention from negative thoughts and negative speech. 非暴力不只是对战争、打斗、或肉的禁绝，更是对一切负面思想及言语的舍弃。
3. These forms of abstention are basic rules of conduct. They must be practiced without any reservations as to time, place, purpose, or caste rules. 这些戒条是行为的基本准则，应该不受时间、地点、目的或等级规定的任何限制予以践行。
英英解释
n.
1. the trait of abstaining (especially from alcohol)
