restrain

英 [rɪ'streɪn] 美 [rɪ'streɪn]

• vt. 抑制；阻止；束缚；剥夺

双解释义

v. (动词)

1. vt. 抑制,遏制; 管制,克制,约束

   hold back sb/sth from movement or action; keep sb/sth under control or in check

详尽释义

v. 动词

1. 抑制
2. 阻止
3. 遏制
4. 约束
5. 管束
6. 拘束
7. 控制
8. 限制
9. 监禁
10. 压抑
11. 防止
12. 禁止
13. 羁押
14. 限定
15. 遏止
16. 拦住
17. 忍住
18. 克制
19. 制止
20. 管制
21. 束缚
22. 剥夺

英英释义

Verb:

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

例句

用作及物动词 (vt.)

1. He couldn't restrain his curiosity.
   他抑制不住自己的好奇心。
2. She tried to restrain her sobs.
   她设法抑制住自己的悲泣。
3. Shame may restrain what the law does not prohibit.
   羞耻或许能阻止法律所不能禁止之事。
4. We must not restrain children of their liberty.
   我们绝对不要限制孩子们的自由。

常见句型

用作动词 (v.)

用作及物动词

S+～+ n./pron.

1. I must learn to restrain myself.
   我得学会约束自己。
2. If you can't restrain your dog, you must lock it up.
   如果你无法管住你的狗,就必须把它关起来。
3. I could not restrain my anger.
   我无法抑制我的愤怒。

经典引文

• Grandfather had to be restrained from lifting the bags.

  出自： E. L. Doctorow

• Aristotle..could hardly restrain himself from jumping up.

  出自： J. Heller

常用短语

用作动词 (v.)

restrain from (v.+prep.)

制止〔阻止,限制〕…做prevent sb or oneself by force or effort from sth or doing sth wrong
restrain sb/oneself from sth/v-ing
I had to restrain myself from telling him what I thought of him.

我不得不克制自己,不告诉他我对他的想法。
The man lost his temper and had to be restrained from violence by neighbors who held his arms.

那人火气上来了,邻居们不得不拉住他的胳膊不让他动武。

词汇搭配

用作动词 (v.)

～+名词

• restrain oneself 自制,克己,忍耐
• restrain one's tears 止泪

副词+～

• hardly restrain 几乎克制不住

～+介词

• restrain from 抑制…不使…
• restrain in drinking 节制饮酒

词义辨析

v. (动词)

restrain, restrict

• 这两个词都有“限制,约束,管制”的意思。restrain的语气比较温和,有时指自我约束; restrict是指限制在一个界限或范围内。

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。

词源解说

• ☆ 14世纪中期进入英语，直接源自古法语的restreindre，意为压制；最初源自拉丁语的restringere，意为约束。

近反义词

【近义词】

• arrest
• contain
• limit
• prevent
• withhold

【反义词】

• impel 驱使