It's a struggle for him to abstain at all.

对他而言，单单是克制渴望就已经让他挣扎不已了。

Twelve others excluded him, and four abstained.

另外十二位把他排除了，而四位弃权。

ISS, a proxy-advice firm, had recommended that shareholders abstain from voting while arbitration was ongoing.

ISS，一家代理咨询公司，曾建议股东在仲裁进行期间弃权投票。

The verb " abstain" means to decide not to do or have something.

动词“abstain”的意思是决定不做某事或不拥有某物。

Abstaining from speech marks him who is obeying the spontaneity of his nature.

希言自然。

Twelve Security Council members voted to adopt the resolution Monday while China abstained and India voted no.

12个安理会成员星期一投票通过了这项决议，中投了弃权票，印度投了反对票。

The first habit will be abstaining from Short-Term Pleasure Seeking.

习惯一，戒掉寻求短期愉悦。

But his decision to abstain from the vote on November 7th has undermined his credibility with Mr Samaras.

但117日法案投票当天，科维利斯宣布弃权。这一行为有损于他与萨马拉斯总理间的信任。

However, there is a problem with abstaining.

不过，这种戒断有一个问题。

But those logical conclusions did not stop at abstaining from certain foods.

但是这些乎逻辑的结论并未止步于不吃特定食物。

I had to abstain from smoking while I was in the hospital.

465我在医院时不得不戒烟。

This evening, you see the electoral consequences and therefore the political consequences of having abstained.

今晚，你们看到了放弃投票权导致的选举结果，也看到了其政治后果。

Now, the U.S. abstained from the vote which allowed this measure to pass.

现在，美投了弃权票，使这项措施得以通过。

Abstaining isn't a form of punishment. It amounts to preserving the status quo.

放弃投票不是一种惩罚，其带来的结果是维持现状。

I want you 11 people to vote by secret written ballot. I'll abstain.

我请你们11个人进行无记名投票。我弃权。

Perhaps technology has messed up all young people, even those who abstain from it.

科技或许已经影响到了所有年轻人的精神健康，连那些并未沉溺其中的人也未能幸免。

Only three countries voted against the treaty—Iran, Syria and North Korea, while 23 abstained.

伊朗、叙利亚和朝鲜投票反对该公约，而23个家弃权。

I'll abstain. If there are eleven votes for guilty, I won't stand alone.

我要你们十一个人以书面的方式来做秘密投票。

France may yet support Palestinian membership of the UN; the Germans will surely champion Israel; the British will probably abstain.

法可能仍会支持巴勒斯坦成为联的成员，德必将拥护以色列，英可能会投弃权票。

Eleven of the Council's 15 members voted in favor, one against and three others, including China, abstained.

15个安理会成员中，有11个家代表投赞成票，1个家代表投反对票，包括中在内的另外三个家弃权。