1.Yes, this was said as a joke I will refrain from most chatting with you since it seems to offend your traditional values.
是的，这只是开了个玩笑而已。以后我将尽量不和你聊这方面的东西，因为这似乎冒犯了你的传统价值观念。
2.From her I learned to tell the truth, to refrain from waste, to be considerate of the weak and respectful to age.
从她那里，我学会了说真话、不浪费、体贴弱者、尊重长者。
3.The philosophy of this movement was to "let things appear as they are" or to refrain from reading our presuppositions into a text.
这一派哲学要“让事物如其所是的出现”，也就是要避免在阅读的时候将先入之见带进文本。
4.Given the key part that this incident is said to have played in the diplomatic scene , I can't refrain from registering my view .
据说这一事件引起了使外交形势急转直下的作用，因此我不能不发表如下看法。
5.the best way to go about it professionally is to ask that they refrain from interrupting the presentation until a more appropriate time.
最好又显专业的解决方法是请他们不要再继续干扰你的演讲，与他们提出稍后会有更为适合的场合提问。
6.The best way not to get very unhappy is to refrain from the wish to be very happy.
不想遭遇不幸的最好办法是限制对幸福的渴望。
7.Hawking's argument was that perhaps mankind should stay quiet and refrain from trying to send signals into outer space.
霍金的说法是，人类大概应该保持沉默，避免往外太空发射信号。
8.Was it wrong for a while to refrain from publishing any positive views or to publish only a few and to let erroneous views go unrefuted?
在一个期间内不登或少登正面意见，对错误意见不作反批评，是错了吗？
9.Let you and I, too, refrain from saying words that are perhaps correct but superfluous , and simply be quiet for a few seconds.
所有的语言，即使是正确的，在此时此刻都显得有点多余，就让我们静静地默哀几秒钟吧。
10.Christians, or adherents of any religion for that matter, should refrain from using holy text to fight politically over human concerns.
对基督徒，或其他宗教的信徒来说，他们不希望看到神圣的文字被用于世俗人类的政治争斗。