chorus(SONG OR SONG PART)
a phrase that is often repeated: 一再重复的话;老调
"Every vote counts" is a familiar refrain in politics.“每一票都重要”是政治上的老生常谈。

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refrain | American Dictionary

refrain
verb[ I ]
us/rɪˈfreɪn/

refrainverb[I] (NOT DO)

to not let yourself do something:
Please refrain from talking during the lecture.
refrain
noun[ C ]
us/rɪˈfreɪn/

refrainnoun[C] (SONG)

a short part of a song or poem that is repeated, esp. at the end of each longer part, or any phrase that is often repeated:
Every year we hear the same refrain, that women are making great strides in business.

Examples of refrain

refrain
Neither parasitoid refrained from oviposition in situations where its progeny were very unlikely to develop.
Nevertheless, in contrast to the 1920s, the employers refrained from direct attacks on the union, and the framework of collective bargaining was never repudiated.
Accommodation, assimilation and reciprocity are refrains heard throughout the edition.
For the sake of brevity, we have refrained from a detailed exposition.
The final refrain is expanded with more hymn-like authority, yet the sudden tonic triad which concludes the colourful orchestral coda is deceptively affirmative.
For each stakeholder, we have listed possible consequences of proceeding with or refraining from the implementation of the technology (as compared with other options).
Consider, for example, the fact that we are all obliged to refrain from picking our respective noses in public places.
We refrain from hasty conclusions about the greater generosity and lesser dependency needs of women, but clearly these gender differences invite greater scrutiny.
Because symptoms are often obscure in chronic diseases, patients may tend to refrain from consulting the medical system for economic reasons.
Politicians, in turn, want to co-ordinate by only offering parties that can gain sufficient support, and refrain from maintaining permanent losers.
I have argued that these features are illustrated in the use of refrains.
On the other hand, the judges refrain from interfering with basic structures of the ' private sphere ' (especially as far as the gender hierarchy is concerned).
Finally, with the troubadours, the musical aspect of the refrain is much less in evidence.
Examiners are carefully trained to facilitate the child's development of narratives and to refrain from a rigid, question and answer style.
Although this refrain has been so often repeated that it has nearly become a mantra, here is an important place where it should be heeded.
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