The first habit will be abstaining from Short-Term Pleasure Seeking.

习惯一，戒掉寻求短期愉悦。

Twelve others excluded him, and four abstained.

另外十二位把他排除了，而四位弃权。

Only three countries voted against the treaty—Iran, Syria and North Korea, while 23 abstained.

伊朗、叙利亚和朝鲜投票反对该公约，而23个国家弃权。

Abstaining from speech marks him who is obeying the spontaneity of his nature.

希言自然。

Twelve Security Council members voted to adopt the resolution Monday while China abstained and India voted no.

12个安理会成员国星期一投票通过了这，中国投了弃权票，印度投了反对票。

The verb " abstain" means to decide not to do or have something.

动词“abstain”的意思是定不做某事或不拥有某物。

This evening, you see the electoral consequences and therefore the political consequences of having abstained.

今晚，你们看到了放弃投票权导致的选举结果，也看到了其政治后果。

I want you 11 people to vote by secret written ballot. I'll abstain.

我请你们11个人进行无记名投票。我弃权。

Abstaining isn't a form of punishment. It amounts to preserving the status quo.

放弃投票不是一种惩罚，其带来的结果是维持现状。

So, here are some practices that can help us build the habit of abstaining.

在这有些练习可以助你建立这种戒断习惯。

By cultivating the ability to abstain from short-term pleasure seeking, we can focus on activities that produce more long-term pleasure.

通过培养能戒除追寻短期愉悦的能力，我们才能将专注力放在产生更多长期愉悦的活动上。

However, there is a problem with abstaining.

不过，这种戒断有一个问题。

Eleven of the Council's 15 members voted in favor, one against and three others, including China, abstained.

15个安理会成员国中，有11个国家代表投赞成票，1个国家代表投反对票，包括中国在内的另外三个国家弃权。

Opposition representatives on the electoral commission refused to confirm the results, and abstained from the subsequent confirmation vote.

选举委员会的反对派代表拒绝确认该选举结果，并退出了随后的确认选举投票。

There was a Labour member of Parliament, Khalid Mahmood, who, as I understood, abstained from the vote yesterday.

据我所知，工党员哈利德·默罕默德在昨天的投票中弃权。

But voter Igor Ivemych said that fear and a lack of appealing candidates were not adequate reasons to abstain.

但选民Igor说恐惧和缺少吸引人的候选人不是弃权的充足理由。

Vegans also typically abstain from using any other products that come from animals, such as honey and leather jackets.

纯素主义者通常还会避免使用其它任何来自动物的产品，例如蜂蜜和皮夹克。

The ERC which has 13 seats in parliament said his members would abstain in a confidence vote next week.

加泰罗尼亚共和左翼（ERC）在会有13个席位，该党表示其员会在下周的信任投票中弃权。

On these terms, France and Britain might be able to support the Palestinians, and the German government could abstain.

在这些方面，法国人和英国人可能会支持巴勒斯坦人，而德国政府可能会投弃权票。

You agree to abstain from drinking, attend AA meetings three times a week, and submit to random alcohol testing.

你得同意戒酒、每星期参加三次互助会、接受随机酒测试。