N-UNCOUNT 戒绝;节制;禁欲Abstinence is the practice of abstaining from something such as alcoholic drink or sex, often for health or religious reasons. 戒绝;节制;禁欲
If God forbade drinking, would he have made wine so good?Cardinal Richelieu
I am a beer teetotaller, not a champagne teetotallerGeorge Bernard Shaw
Refrain to-night, And that shall lend a kind of easiness To the next abstinence: the next more easy; For use almost can change the stamp of natureWilliam ShakespeareHamlet
Abstinence is as easy to me, as temperance would be difficultSamuel JohnsonCorrespondence with Mrs. Hannah More
To many, total abstinence is easier than perfect moderationSt. Augustine of HippoOn the Good of Marriage