restrain
英 [rɪ'streɪn]
美[rɪ'stren]
- vt. 抑制，控制；约束；制止
词态变化
第三人称单数: restrains;过去式: restrained;过去分词: restrained;现在分词: restraining;
中文词源
restrain 限制，约束
re-,向后，往回，-strain,拉，词源同 constrain,constrict.即拉回，引申词义限制，约束。
英英释意
- 1. keep under control; keep in check;
- "suppress a smile"
- "Keep your temper"
- "keep your cool"
- 2. place limits on (extent or access);
- "restrict the use of this parking lot"
- "limit the time you can spend with your friends"
- 3. to close within bounds, limit or hold back from movement;
- "This holds the local until the express passengers change trains"
- "About a dozen animals were held inside the stockade"
- "The illegal immigrants were held at a detention center"
- "The terrorists held the journalists for ransom"
- 4. hold back
- 5. to compel or deter by or as if by threats
英文词源
- 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]
同义词辨析
restrain, check, refrain, bridle, curb, inhibit
这些动词均含"阻止，抑制，制止"之意。
restrain： 含义广，指用强力或权力去阻止或限制某人做某事。
check： 多指阻止前进或继续发展。
refrain： 常指暂时对某种行动或冲动的抑制。
bridle： 指抑制住强烈的感情或欲望。
curb： 可指急剧或果断的制止，也可指用严格的方法加以控制。
inhibit： 主要指抑制愿望、情绪或念头，也指制止某物的蔓延。
考试真题
- In time it should help restrain costs by eliminating redundant tests, preventing drug interactions, and helping doctors find the best treatments.
出自-2016年6月阅读原文
- By far the most effective method to restrain pension spending is to give people the opportunity to work longer, because it increases tax revenues and reduces spending on pensions at the same time.
出自-2010年12月阅读原文
- In musical expression, he did not feel restrained by the weight of convention.
出自-2014年考研翻译原文
实用场景例句
- The prisoner had to be restrained by the police.
- 警察只好强行制住囚犯。
牛津词典
- They have obtained an injunction restraining the company from selling the product.
- 他们已经得到阻止这家公司出售这一产品的禁销令。
牛津词典
- He placed a restraining hand on her arm.
- 他拉住她的胳膊制止她。
牛津词典
- John managed to restrain his anger.
- 约翰努力压制住自己的怒气。
牛津词典
- She had to restrain herself from crying out in pain.
- 她只得忍住疼痛，不哭出来。
牛津词典
- The government is taking steps to restrain inflation.
- 政府正在采取措施控制通货膨胀。
牛津词典
- Wally gripped my arm, partly to restrain me and partly to reassure me...
- 沃利抓住我的手臂，一是想制止我，二是想稳住我。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- One onlooker had to be restrained by police.
- 一个旁观者遭到了警察的制止。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- She was unable to restrain her desperate anger...
- 她无法控制自己极度的愤怒。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Unable to restrain herself, she rose and went to the phone...
- 她没能克制住自己，起身走向电话。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- The radical 500-day plan was very clear on how it intended to try to restrain inflation...
- 这个为期500天的激进计划明确阐明将如何控制通货膨胀。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- In the 1970s, the government tried to restrain corruption.
- 在20世纪70年代，政府曾经试图打击腐败。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- He could not restrain his temper [ mirth ].
- 他无法抑制愤怒 [ 欢笑 ].
期刊摘选
- Network group is bought still restrain without relevant regulation at present.
- 网络团购目前还没有相关规则约束.
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- Since man cannot bear, and losing patience is the instinct, we just need to restrain it.
- 既然遇事不能忍, 即失去耐心是人的本能, 那么我们只要抑制这个本能就算是修炼了.
期刊摘选
- Restrain my wandering thoughts and suppress the temptations which attack me so violently.
- 求祢禁止杂念扰乱我,并粉碎攻击我的诱惑.
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- Hast thou heard the secret of God and dost thou restrain wisdom to thyself?
- 8你曾听见神的密旨么?你还将智慧独自得尽么?
期刊摘选
- They couldn't restrain their excitement.
- 他们无法抑制自己的激动.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- Decide a goal to oneself, restrain strictly.
- 给自己定个目标, 严格约束.
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- She can hardly restrain herself.
- 她几乎克制不住自己.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- Restrain rheumatism and arthritis, helpful for improve pain of articulation whenrain day and adjust osseous swell.
- 有效调理风湿、关节炎等症状; 镇定变天时的关节骨头酸痛;改善风湿、腰椎、脊椎、坐骨神经,调理缓解骨质增生、骨刺的问题.
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- Include natural chitin, clean pet hair deeply, deodorize, restrain growth and breeding of germ.
- 内含天然甲壳素, 针对宠物毛发能深层洁净 、 去除臭味 、 抑制微菌生长繁殖.
期刊摘选
- How to restrain trichomadesis effectively, make new hair grows. Is unripe hair medicine effective?
- 如何有效抑制脱发, 并使新发长出. 生发药有效 吗 ?
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- Restrain rheumatism, helpful for improve pain of articulation whenand rain day. Improve rheumatism and accelerate circulation.
- 有效调理风湿等症状; 镇定变天时的关节骨头酸痛; 改善风湿、腰椎、脊椎、坐骨神经、促进末梢循环.
期刊摘选
- He hoped that for once the individual he referred to would decency to restrain himself.
- 他希望这一回他提到的那个人能够自尊自爱一些,克制一下自己.
期刊摘选
- She managed to restrain him from taking such a foolish step.
- 她设法阻止了他走这么愚蠢的一步.
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- Faria had just sufficient strength to restrain him.
- 法利亚用最后一点力气阻止了他.
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- Crystalline fining grain can restrain the cleavage fracture.
- 细化晶粒可抑制脆性断裂.
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