refrain
refrain.01 - not do some action
REFRAIN-V NOTES: Frames file for 'refrain' based on sentences in wsj. Verbnet entry refrain-69. (from refrain.01-v)Aliases:
refrain (v.)
Roles:
ARG0-PAG: non-agent
ARG1-PPT: non-action
ARG1-PPT: non-action
usual usage
The government also urged
whitesARG0
to refrainrel
from panic over growing black protests , such as the massive anti - apartheid rally Sunday on the outskirts of SowetoARG1
.oddly intransitive
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Those who have no money and are n't buyingARG0
think it 's right to refrainrel
, but those with money who want to buy for themselves pay no attention , '' says an official of the Japan - U.S. Business Council .