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词汇 abstainer
释义 abstainer
noun[ C ]
uk /æbˈsteɪ.nər/ us /æbˈsteɪ.nɚ/
someone who does not do something, especially something they would like to do: 禁欲者
His grandfather was a lifelong abstainer who never touched a drop of alcohol.他祖父一生都是一个滴酒不沾的禁欲者。
Animal rights should extend to geese, say French foie gras abstainers.动物权益(保护)应该扩展到鹅类,不吃法国鹅肝的人说。
someone who decides not to vote:
The problem for protest voters or abstainers is registering the reason for their actions.
The three abstainers argued the measure was unnecessary.
Abstainers do not necessarily enjoy better health than moderate drinkers.
Jimmy Carter and both Presidents George Bush were reportedly abstainers, but Bill Clinton liked cigars from time to time.
The government may lose the vote if there are too many abstainers.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Abstaining and refraining
abstain
abstain from something
abstemious
abstemiously
abstention
cut
disengagement
fast
forbear
forbearance
give up
hors de combat
pull
pull back
step
step back
stop
stop short of somethingidiom
touch
truck

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Examples of abstainer


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It was also observed that maternal hostility in early childhood significantly differentiated abstainers from the other groups of adolescents.
Adolescents who experimented with substances also experienced a lower level of internalizing problem behavior at age 16 compared with abstainers.
Negative expectancies about the effects of alcohol distinguished abstainers from light/typical users, such that abstainers maintained stronger negative expectancies.
Stress and emotional distress did not distinguish abstainers from moderate or light/typical users, and did not distinguish problem users from moderately impaired users.
A different pathway to adolescent substance use is suggested by studies that have compared abstainers and light/experimental or moderate users.
No other variables distinguished abstainers from light\\typical users.
The addict understands that life would be better as an abstainer.
Table 5 shows that the abstainer group had virtually no mental disorder.
First, it allows for the detection of selection biases that might follow from excluding abstainers from the three-choice model.
Findings suggested that adolescent moderate users, compared to abstainers and light users, were more tolerant of deviance and more involved with peers who used drugs.
Research has not clearly established patterns of adaptation for abstainers, thus necessitating a need for further inquiry.
The absolute majority rule gives the abstainers another option, however: defeat the measure while failing to participate.
Adolescents were categorized into alcohol use groups that ranged from abstainers to problem users.
Adolescents identified as at risk were more likely to experience less maternal hostility compared to abstainers in early childhood.
However, this group of youth experienced lower levels of parental monitoring during adolescence compared to experimenters and abstainers.
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