Definition

1. Verb phrase:
   • To abstain from alcohol: To refrain from drinking alcoholic beverages, often for religious, health, or personal reasons.
   • To be prohibited from drinking alcohol: To be under a rule or vow that forbids the consumption of alcohol.

Usage Examples

• Verb phrase:
  • Vì lý do sức khỏe, ông ấy quyết định giới tửu. (For health reasons, he decided to abstain from alcohol.)
  • Theo giới luật của nhà chùa, các nhà sư phải giới tửu. (According to the monastic precepts, monks must abstain from alcohol.)

Advanced Usage

• "Giới tửu nghiêm ngặt": to strictly abstain from alcohol.
  • Sau ca phẫu thuật, bệnh nhân phải giới tửu nghiêm ngặt trong sáu tháng. (After the surgery, the patient must strictly abstain from alcohol for six months.)

Variants and Related Words

• Kiêng rượu: (verb phrase) to avoid/abstain from alcohol. This is a more common, general term without the strong religious connotation.
  • Anh ấy kiêng rượu để lái xe an toàn. (He avoids alcohol to drive safely.)
• Cấm rượu: (verb phrase) to ban/prohibit alcohol.
  • Thị trấn này cấm rượu trong các công viên công cộng. (This town prohibits alcohol in public parks.)

Synonyms

• Tuyệt tửu: (verb) to completely give up alcohol.
• Kiêng cữ rượu bia: (verb phrase) to abstain from beer and alcohol.

Related Phrases

• Giới sát: (verb phrase) to abstain from killing (a religious precept).
• Giới luật: (noun) precept, religious rule.

1. Abstain from alcoholoc drink