refrain

1. V-I If you refrain from doing something, you deliberately do not do it. 忍住; 克制

Mrs. Hardie refrained from making any comment. 哈迪太太忍住了沒做任何評(píng)論。

2. N-COUNT A refrain is a short, simple part of a song, which is repeated many times. 副歌

...a refrain from an old song. …一首老歌的副歌。

3. N-COUNT A refrain is a comment or saying that people often repeat. 一再重復(fù)的話

Rosa's constant refrain is that she doesn't have a life. 羅莎總是不斷重復(fù)的一句話就是她生活得很無聊。