abstain, stone cold sober,teetotaler, abstinence, teetotal

Westerwelle: Germany to abstain in UN Palestine vote

Germany plans to abstain during Thursday's vote at the UN General Assembly
on the Palestinians' diplomatic status. German Foreign Minister Westerwelle
said the expected UN endorsement would run counter to peace efforts.

In All Those Pages, a Surprise or Two

By MICHELLE ANDREWS

Among the many provisions in the law are an excise tax on indoor tanning and money for abstinence programs.

Abstinence Education Done Right No single approach will reduce sexual activity in all teenagers, but a new study suggests that there is a sensible, effective way to teach abstinence.


The book is delicious, in its minimalist, essayistic way. But it sends you out the door a bit hungry, and stone sober.

February 25, 2009, 10:00 pm

Rock Star, Meet Teetotaler

By Sacha Z. Scoblic

In the restaurant, the little tables shimmered under the moody lighting. It was just the kind of lightning, I knew, that after a few drinks would take on a shadowy glow and make our table the only table, a tiny oasis. But here I was: stone cold sober, out of the house for the first time in weeks, and meeting new people — an intimidatingly attractive couple with bright smiles and even brighter careers.




abstain

音節

ab • stain

発音

æbstéin, əb-

レベル

社会人必須

abstainの変化形

abstained (過去形) • abstained (過去分詞) • abstaining (現在分詞) • abstains (三人称単数現在)

[動](自)

1 （行為・快楽を）慎む, 控える, 自制する, 節制する(refrain)((from ...))；（…するのを）断つ, やめる((from doing))

abstain from premarital sex
婚前交渉を控える

abstain from drinking ［smoking］
禁酒［禁煙］する.

2 （投票を）棄権する((from ...))

abstain from voting
投票を棄権する.

stone

adj.

1. Relating to or made of stone: a stone wall.
2. Made of stoneware or earthenware.
3. Complete; utter: a stone liar.

adv.
Completely; utterly: stone cold; standing stone still.


teetotal 
adjective
never drinking alcohol or opposed to the drinking of alcohol

adj.

1. Of, relating to, or practicing complete abstinence from alcoholic beverages.
2. Total; absolute.

[Probably partly TEE¹ (pronunciation of the first letter in TOTAL) + total (abstinence), and partly reduplication of TOTAL.]

teetotally tee·to'tal·ly adv.


teetotal

adjective

• choosing or characterized by abstinence from alcohol:a teetotal lifestyle

Derivatives

teetotalism

Pronunciation: /-ˌizəm/

noun

ab·sti·nence (ăb'stə-nəns)
n.
The act or practice of refraining from indulging an appetite or desire, especially for alcoholic drink or sexual intercourse.

[Middle English, from Old French abstenance, from Latin abstinentia, from abstinēns, abstinent-, present participle of abstinēre, to hold back. See abstain.]

abstinent ab'sti·nent adj.
abstinently ab'sti·nent·ly adv.

SYNONYMS abstinence, self-denial, temperance, sobriety, continence. These nouns refer to restraint of one's appetites or desires. Abstinence implies the willful avoidance of pleasures, especially of food and drink, thought to be harmful or self-indulgent: "I vainly reminded him of his protracted abstinence from food" (Emily Brontë). Self-denial suggests resisting one's own desires for the achievement of a higher goal: I practiced self-denial to provide for my family's needs. Temperance refers to moderation and self-restraint and sobriety to gravity in bearing, manner, or treatment; both nouns denote moderation in or abstinence from the consumption of alcoholic liquor: Teetotalers preach temperance for everyone. "those moments which would come between the subsidence of actual sobriety and the commencement of intoxication" (Anthony Trollope). Continence specifically refers to abstention from sexual activity: The nun took a vow of continence.