Dictionary entry

Abstain

Pronunciation: /əbˈsteɪn/

Pronunciation

/əbˈsteɪn/

Myanmar Meaning

(v) (မပေးခြင်း) မပြုဘဲနေသည်။ (မဲ) မပေးပဘဲနေသည်။ (မဲခွဲရာ၌) ကြားနေသည်။

Definition

abstain /ǝb'steÇn/ v ~ (from sth) ၁။ (မဲေပးျခင္း) မျပဳဘဲေနသည္။ (မဲ) မေပးဘဲေနသည္။ (မဲခြဲရာ၌) ၾကားေနသည္။ At the last election he abstained (from voting). ၂။ ( fml or joc ) ေရွာင္သည္။ He has been advised to abstain from alcohol. ❏ abstainer n (အရက္) ေရွာင္သူ။ a total abstainer . See also ABSTENTION, ABSTINENCE

Examples

  1. [abstain from] : A high percentage of women said they had abstained from alcohol during pregnancy.
  2. [abstain from] : They agreed to abstain from any actions that might endanger the peace process.