1·The leaders asked their representatives to abstain from voting.
领导者要求他们的代表投票时弃权。
2·If among the qualified candidates, there's no right person in your mind, you can abstain from voting.
如果候选优秀组员中没有您心目中的合适人员，可弃权投票。
3·The award of the arbitral tribunal shall be made by a majority of its members, who may not abstain from voting.
仲裁法庭裁决由其成员多数作出，其成员不得投弃权票。
4·Two members of a deliberative body with opposing opinions on a given issue who agree to abstain from voting on the issue, thereby offsetting each other.
两个对立的议员：对所给问题有相反意见的两个审议团议员，双方都同意对此问题弃权，因此互相抵销。
5·When a parliamentary vote on the measures arrives, a Lib Dem spokesman (presumably Mr Huhne) will be allowed to speak against nuclear energy, but his fellow Lib Dem MPs may abstain from voting.
假设现在议会就是否新建核电站进行投票，自民党发言人(很可能是休恩)将获准投出反对票，但是他的自民党同伴们可能投弃权票。