English Dictionary

abstainer

IPA（発音記号）

/æbˈsteɪ.nɚ/

名詞

行為者 活用形

Agent noun of abstain; one who abstains; especially, one who abstains from something, such as the use of alcohol or drugs, or one who abstains for religious reasons; one who practices self-denial.

日本語の意味

（特定の行動や嗜好を）控える人、自己制御を実践する人 / アルコールや薬物などを避ける人、禁酒者としての側面を持つ人 / 宗教上の理由などで自己規律を守り、特定の快楽を断つ人

As a committed abstainer, Maria politely declined the champagne at the wedding.

結婚式で、節制しているマリアは礼儀正しくシャンパンを断った。

意味（1）

Agent noun of abstain; one who abstains; especially, one who abstains from something, such as the use of alcohol or drugs, or one who abstains for religious reasons; one who practices self-denial.

To one of my very nervous patients, who was an abstainer, whose fancy was fixed on his mother, and who repeatedly dreamed of climbing stairs accompanied by his mother, I once remarked that moderate masturbation would be less harmful to him than enforced abstinence.

abstainers （ plural ）