Abstinence

(noun.) act or practice of refraining from indulging an appetite.

(noun.) the trait of abstaining (especially from alcohol).

杰西整理

• Why such unnatural abstinence? 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• I give you leave, returned Laurie, who enjoyed having someone to tease, after his long abstinence from his favorite pastime. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• They each had the yellow fever fourteen times, and then resolved to try a little abstinence; since which period, they have been doing well. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• This sentiment of morality, in the performance of promises, arises from the same principles as that in the abstinence from the property of others. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
• Then hearing of my fatigue and abstinence, she herself brought me food. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• To Dorothea this was adorable genuineness, and religious abstinence from that artificiality which uses up the soul in the efforts of pretence. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.

录入:佩内洛普