refrain, abstain, forbear
这组词共同的意思是自觉地控制自己不做那些由于愿望或冲动而想做的事。它们的区别是：
refrain仅指动作未做; forbear强调自我约束性,即由于耐心、善良、宽厚、谨慎或禁欲主义思想等原因而自我克制; abstain则除强调自我约束性外,还含有自我否定的意味。
restrain，check，refrain，bridle，curb，inhibit
这些动词都含“阻止、抑制、制止”之意。
restrain含义广，指用强力或权力去阻止或限制某人做某事。
check多指阻止前进或继续发展。
refrain常指暂时对某种行动或冲动的抑制。
bridle指抑制住强烈的感情或欲望。
curb可指急剧或果断的制止，也可指用严格的方法加以控制。
inhibit主要指抑制愿望、情绪或念头，也指制止某物的蔓延。
Aesthetic taste and the level of technic refrains the handicraftTujia brocade.
审美眼光和技巧的高低制约着织锦工艺水平.
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Many folk songs have " refrains ", that is, regularly repeated independent elements attached to each stanza.
许多民歌有 “ 重复句 ”, 即每一段都有规则地重复出现的单独句.
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In order to lose weight, she refrains from eating candies.
为了减肥, 她避免吃糖果.
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TYPICAL USE : A scientist suspends judgment and refrains from drawing conclusions until all the facts are in.
科学家在未具备全部事实前,暂时不加判断或下结论.
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Though she is curious about his past, she refrains from asking too many questions.
尽管她对他的过去很好奇, 但她尽量避免问他过多的问题.
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She refrains from calling her therapist too often ; He should avoid publishing his wife's memoires.
她克制不要频繁打电话给她的治疗专家.
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A scientist suspends judgment and refrains from drawing conclusions until all the facts are in.
科学家中止评审,并阻止给出结论直到所有的事情发生.
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