abstain

1. V-I If you abstain from something, usually something you want to do, you deliberately do not do it. 對…節制[正式]

Abstain from sex or use condoms. 節制性生活或使用避孕套。

2. V-I If you abstain during a vote, you do not use your vote. 棄權

Three countries abstained in the vote. 三個國家在投票中棄權了。