The leaders asked their representatives to abstain from voting.

领导者要求他们的代表投票时弃权。

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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。

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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。

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El Nacional reports this morning that based on a poll, 40% of the Venezuelans will abstain from voting on December 2.

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Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault has said he expects the debate to harden on the right, and accepts that some Socialist deputies may abstain from voting.

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Pressure for disclosure of the entire ethics case against Gingrich is also coming from his fellow Republicans, notably Rep. Christopher Shays of Connecticut, who says he will abstain from voting for Gingrich as speaker in January without all the information.

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