refraining

rɪˈfreɪnɪŋ
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Translation of refraining into Swedish

Adjective

self-control

holding back from doing something
  • He showed a refraining attitude during the debate.Han visade en återhållsam attityd under debatten.
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Synonyms and analogies of refraining in English

adj.abstainingwithholdingMore synonyms

Examples of refraining in a sentence

  • A refraining gesture can prevent conflicts.
refrain
rɪˈfreɪn
Verb
intr.

restraint

avoid doing something, often by self-control
  • She refrained from commenting during the meeting.Hon avstod från att kommentera under mötet.
Noun
1.

music

repeated part of a song or poem
refräng comkväde n
  • The refrain of the song was catchy and memorable.Refrängen i låten var medryckande och minnesvärd.
2.

conversation

comment or saying often repeated
  • His favorite refrain was 'practice makes perfect.'Hans favoritrefräng var 'övning ger färdighet.'

Expressions with refrain: examples in English and translations in Swedish

ständig refräng
återkommande budskap
The constant refrain was that change is needed.

Translations of "refraining" in Context ordered by category and frequency

att avstå

About 90 % of the respondents could consider refraining food to advantage of the environment.

Ungefär 90 % av deltagarna kunde i framtiden tänka sig att avstå från livsmedel för miljön.

avstår

Experts recommend refraining for the period of taking the medicine from the implementation of potentially hazardous activities.

Experter rekommenderar att man avstår från att ta medicinen från genomförandet av potentiellt farliga aktiviteter.

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refraining: Examples and translations in context

It is, however, a fact that Lenin did not always characterize the possible party-political expression and governmental form of the alliance of the two classes in the same way, refraining, however, from binding the party by these hypothetical interpretations.

Men det är ett faktum att Lenin inte alltid karakteriserade de möjliga partipolitiska uttrycken och regeringsformerna för alliansen mellan de två klasserna på samma sätt, och att han samtidigt avstod från att binda partiet genom dessa hypotetiska tolkningar.

One member felt that interventions could be motivated in the monetary policy philosophy, but that the Riksbank would benefit from refraining to intervene on the foreign exchange markets, because of the unclear effects of such in-terventions.

En ledamot menade att interventioner i och för sig går att motivera inom den penningpolitiska tankeramen, men att Riksbanken haft en fördel av att avstå från ingrepp i valutamarknaden, eftersom sådana ingrepp har så oklara effekter.

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