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abstinent
adjective
uk /ˈæb.stɪ.nənt/ us /ˈæb.stə.nənt/
completely avoiding something such as alcohol or sex: 禁欲的
sexually abstinent禁性欲的
He has now been abstinent from alcohol for four years.到现在他戒酒四年了。
I choose to be abstinent and will wait to have sex until after I am married.
He is totally abstinent at conferences because he wants to stay focused.
Unless you are completely abstinent, there is no other 100% perfect method of birth control.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Abstaining and refraining
abstain
abstain from something
abstainer
abstemious
abstemiously
cut
disengagement
fast
forbear
forbearance
give up
hors de combat
pull
pull back
step
step back
stop
stop short of somethingidiom
touch
truck
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abstinence
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