abstention

N-VARAbstention is a formal act of not voting either for or against a proposal. 棄權 ^[1] 

colorimetric abstention 彩色純度

ultra abstention 超純度

psychological abstention 心理戒毒

Male abstention 男戒

Female abstention 女戒

sexual abstention 制欲

voluntary abstention 自願棄權

abstention rule 自制禁漁條例 ^[1] 

Regional elections offer a chance to register a protest vote or an abstention, since for most voters the stakes are low.

這一選舉提供了一次投抗議票或者棄權票的機會，因為對於大多數選民來説如此做的風險並不高。

The surprise was not that it balked at sending forces-it is a recent and reluctant participant in such adventures, and even German critics of the abstention think that this intervention is a bad idea.

令人吃驚之處並不在於德國不願派兵——德國最近才勉強參加了此類冒險活動，德國的棄權派批評家甚至認為軍事幹預都是一個餿主意。

U.S. Ambassador Alejandro Wolff made clear that the American abstention was not related to UNAMID, but to the issue of impunity.

美國大使沃爾夫明確表示，美國棄權跟聯合國非盟維和部隊無關，是為了巴希爾的豁免權問題。 ^[1]