abstain

1. V-I If you abstain from something, usually something you want to do, you deliberately do not do it. 对…节制[正式]

Abstain from sex or use condoms. 节制性生活或使用避孕套。

2. V-I If you abstain during a vote, you do not use your vote. 弃权

Three countries abstained in the vote. 三个国家在投票中弃权了。