refrain

サビ、繰り返し

歌や詩で、それぞれの節の後に繰り返される部分。

やさしい英語で： The part of a song or poem that is repeated after each verse.

• Everyone joined in the refrain.
• The song has a catchy refrain.
• She repeated the refrain after each verse.

類義語： chorus

よく使う表現： sing the refrain, repeated refrain, catchy refrain

抑える、抑制する

人の動きや感情、行動を抑えたり制御したりする。

やさしい英語で： To hold back or control a person, feeling, or action.

• She struggled to refrain her anger.
• He refrained himself and remained silent.
• The old teacher urged the boy to refrain his tongue.

使い方： refrain oneself (He could scarcely refrain himself when he heard the insult.)

類義語： restrain, check, hold back

反対語： release

よく使う表現： refrain yourself, refrain your anger, refrain your tongue