refrain from

1．hold oneself back from；keep oneself from克制使自己不做；自制

You must refrain from spitting in the street．你不能在街上随地吐痰。

Plesse refrain from smoking．请勿吸烟。

I pur posely refrain from arguing with him．我有意克制自己不和他争辩。

I refrained from further words．我忍住没有再说下去。

2．prevent from阻止；防止

Fortunately he was refrained from wrongaoing．很幸运，他被阻止没有做出蠢事来。