Finland has made remarkable progress in tackling homelessness by adopting a "Housing First" strategy. Instead of requiring people to meet certain conditions like sobriety or employment before getting housing, the program provides permanent homes right away—along with mental health and social support. The results are powerful: nearly 80% of participants achieve lasting stability, often securing jobs, maintaining housing, and rebuilding their lives with dignity.
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.
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)
stone
adj.- Relating to or made of stone: a stone wall.
- Made of stoneware or earthenware.
- Complete; utter: a stone liar.
Completely; utterly: stone cold; standing stone still.
teetotal
adjective
never drinking alcohol or opposed to the drinking of alcohol
adj.
- Of, relating to, or practicing complete abstinence from alcoholic beverages.
- 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
Derivatives
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.
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