You did rather abstain from potation.

你的确饮酒很有节制。

Most pregnant women abstain or drink very little.

大多数孕妇都戒酒或只喝很少的一点。

The US has been using its influence to get some security council members to abstain in the hope the Palestinians will lose the vote and that the US veto will not be required.

美国使用它的影响力，让一些安理会成员不投票给巴勒斯坦，这样就不需要动用美国的否决权。

Like Samuel Johnson, who said, "Abstinence is as easy to me as temperance would be difficult, " I find it much easier to abstain rather than to indulge moderately.

例如：Samuel Johnson曾说过：”禁酒容易程度和戒酒的困难程度一样大“我发现完全戒掉要比适度放纵更容易。

There have been reports that the United States might abstain if the question of illegal Jewish settlements in occupied East Jerusalem is condemned by the UN Security Council.

有报道称，如果东耶路撒冷犹太人非法定居点的问题受到联合国安理会谴责，美国应该弃权。

The example is given that a person may apparently abstain from sleep all day, but as long as he is not spiritually enlightened he is actually sleeping.

有这样一个例子：某人表面上看或许一整天都不眠不睡，但只要还没得到灵性上的启蒙，此人其实仍在睡觉。

It could be something therefore on which we abstain but, given the personal issues of conscience in it, it could well be something for a free vote.

它是这样一种东西，我们因此（therefore）会投弃权票；但鉴于议案里牵涉到道德问题，金。贝克的修正案用公众免费抽样调查来表决更好。

Should meat-eating Christians abstain from eating animals at church events out of respect for vegetarian Christians who believe that supporting factory farming is wrong?

教会聚会时，食肉的基督徒是否应出于对食素基督徒的尊重放弃吃肉，因后者认为支持工厂化养殖是错误的？

We can furnish it with the highest-quality raw foods when it needs it or abstain from food when it doesn't desire it .

我们可以提供与高品质的食品原料，或当它需要食物时不弃权欲望。

Researchers found that those who have casual flings get lower grades and have more school-related problems compared with those who abstain.

研究人员发现，与那些禁欲的学生相比，性行为随便的学生往往成绩较差, 学习方面遭遇更多问题。