refrain
US: /ɹɪˈfɹeɪn/
UK: /ɹɪfɹˈeɪn/
UK: /ɹɪfɹˈeɪn/
English Vietnamese dictionary
refrain /ri'frein/
- danh từ
- đoạn điệp
- đoạn điệp
- động từ
- kìm lại, dằn lại, cầm lại, cố nhịn, cố nín, kiềm chế
- to refrain onself: tự kiềm chế
- to refrain one's tears: cố cầm nước mắt
- to refrain from weeping: cố nhịn không khóc
- kìm lại, dằn lại, cầm lại, cố nhịn, cố nín, kiềm chế
Advanced English dictionary
verb, noun
+ verb [V] ~ (from sth / from doing sth) (formal) to stop yourself from doing sth, especially sth that you want to do: Please refrain from smoking. + They appealed to the protesters to refrain from violence. + He has refrained from criticizing the government in public.
+ noun
1 a comment or complaint that is often repeated: Complaints about poor food in schools have become a familiar refrain. + The protest began with a small group, but then the others took up the refrain.
2 the part of a song that is repeated after each verse
Synonym: CHORUS
Thesaurus dictionary
v.
1 Usually, refrain from. keep (from), forbear, abstain (from), eschew, avoid:
Whatever you do, refrain from whistling on board his boat.
2 stop, cease, give up, discontinue, desist, quit, leave off, renounce:
You must refrain from calling the headmaster, 'Pops', even if he is your father.
n.
melody, song, tune, chorus, burden, reprise:
It was one of those long boring folk songs with a refrain that we were all supposed to join in.
Collocation dictionary
ADJ.
constant | familiar
Complaints about school food have become a familiar refrain.
VERB + REFRAIN
sing, take up
The choir's sopranos took up the refrain.
REFRAIN + VERB
go
Shoppers, so the refrain goes, are never happy until they have found a bargain.
ADV.
carefully, deliberately
He deliberately refrained from expressing his opinion on the matter.
| wisely
PREP.
from
I refrained from laughing.
Concise English dictionary
refrains|refrained|refrainingrɪ'freɪn
noun
+the part of a song where a soloist is joined by a group of singers
verb
+resist doing something
+choose not to consume
