restrain的意思

restrain

英 [rɪ'streɪn] 美 [rɪ'stren]

近義詞	tie 、 suppress 、 hamper 、 detain 、 hold 、 scotch 、 hinder 、 check 、 rein 、 muzzle 、 delay 、 stop 、 inhibit 、 arrest

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第三人稱單數: restrains;過去式: restrained;過去分詞: restrained;現在分詞: restraining;

restrain 限製，約束

re-,向後，往回，-strain,拉，詞源同 constrain,constrict.即拉回，引申詞義限製，約束。

restrain: restrain: see strain
restrain (v.): mid-14c., from stem of Old French restreindre "press, push together; curb, bridle; bandage" (12c.), from Latin restringere "draw back tightly, confine, check" (see restriction). Related: Restrained; restraining.
That which we restrain we keep within limits; that which we restrict we keep within certain definite limits; that which we repress we try to put out of existence. [Century Dictionary, 1902]

1. Unable to restrain herself, she rose and went to the phones.: 她沒能克製住自己，起身走向電話。

2. In the 1970s, the government tried to restrain corruption.: 在20世紀70年代，政府曾經試圖打擊腐敗。

3. If you can't restrain your dog you must lock it up.: 如果你無法管住你的狗,就必須把它關起來.

4. She shouldn't restrain her anger at this insensible attitude of theirs.: 對他們這種無動於衷的態度,她抑製不住心頭的怒火.