ADJECTIVE | VERB + REFRAIN | REFRAIN + VERBADJECTIVE➤constant一再重複的話▸➤common, familiar耳熟能詳的話◇Complaints about school food have become a familiar refrain.對學校伙食的抱怨已經是耳熟能詳的老調了。VERB + REFRAIN➤sing, take up唱副歌;開始唱副歌◇The choir's sopranos took up the refrain.合唱隊的女高音開始唱副歌部份。➤echo, repeat重彈老調;一再重複話語➤hear聽見一再重複的話◇I kept hearing the same refrain.我一再聽到同樣的老調。REFRAIN + VERB➤go正如常說的◇Can you remember how the refrain goes?你能記起那句老話是怎麼說的嗎?refrain
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ADVERB | PREPOSITIONADVERB➤carefully, deliberately小心克制;刻意忍住◇He deliberately refrained from expressing his opinion on the matter.他刻意避免就這一問題發表看法。➤wisely明智地克制➤barely幾乎不能克制◇Priscilla could barely refrain from clapping her hands together.普麗西拉幾乎忍不住要隨着一起拍手了。PREPOSITION➤from抑制⋯◇I refrained from laughing.我忍住不笑。
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