refrain

出处：按学科分类—语言、文字 四川出版集团，四川辞书出版社《英语常见错误词典》第309页（805字）

【典型错误】：

※He cannot refrain to smoke．

※The writer has refrained from the temptation to condemn merely on moral grounds．

【说明】：

1refrain后可接from+v-ing形式，但不可接动词不定式。

例如：

He cannot refrain from smoking．他戒不了烟。

He politely refrained from saying what he thought of her hat．他很礼貌地克制自己，不说出对她的帽子的意见。

2．根据英语惯用法，refrain from后接名词时，名词应含有主动意义。例如：

It is no use hoping that they will refrain from hostile action．希望他们放弃敌对行动是办不到的。

不可说：※The writer has refrained from the temptation to condemn merely on moral grounds．

应该说：The writer has resisted the temptation to condemn merely on moral grounds．这个作家抵制了只从道义上来谴责的诱惑。