(of a person) refraining from an activity or from the use or enjoyment of something, typically alcohol (人)(尤指对酒)有节制的 the patients are best advised to be totally abstinent from alcohol. 最好劝告病人戒绝饮酒。
派生 abstinently adverb 语源
late Middle English : via Old French from Latin abstinent- 'abstaining', from the verb abstinere (see abstain)