restraint

英 [rɪ'streɪnt] 美 [rɪ'streɪnt]

• n. 克制；抑制；束缚

双解释义

n. (名词)

1. [U]抑制,遏制,管制,约束

   restraining or being restrained

2. [C]克制物,管制措施,约束力

   thing that checks or controls; restriction

3. [U]克制,节制,适度

   avoidance of exaggeration or excess; moderation

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 克制
2. 限制
3. 监禁
4. 拘束
5. 控制
6. 阻止
7. 制止
8. 束缚
9. 禁运
10. 约束措施
11. 管押
12. 桎梏
13. 约束力
14. 禁止
15. 牵制力

英英释义

Noun:

1. the act of controlling by restraining someone or something;

   "the unlawful restraint of trade"
   

2. discipline in personal and social activities;

   "he was a model of polite restraint"
   "she never lost control of herself"
   

3. the state of being physically constrained;

   "dogs should be kept under restraint"
   

4. a rule or condition that limits freedom;

   "legal restraints"
   "restraints imposed on imports"
   

5. lack of ornamentation;

   "the room was simply decorated with great restraint"
   

6. a device that retards something's motion;

   "the car did not have proper restraints fitted"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. The police appealed to the crowd for restraint.
   警方呼吁群众保持克制。
2. Nobody could count on his restraint or rationality.
   谁也不能指望他会克制或讲道理的态度。
3. There is still need for profit restraint.
   现在仍有必要限制利润。
4. His rage was beyond restraint.
   他怒不可遏。
5. I am under no restraint whatever.
   我不受任何束缚。
6. He is a man always speaking with restraint.
   他是个说话拘谨的人。

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

1. His affections were kept under continual restraint.
   他的感情一直受到压抑。
2. He hates the restraints of life in a small town.
   他讨厌小镇生活的拘束。
3. He exercised considerable restraint in not suing for a divorce.
   他极力克制自己不提出离婚诉讼。

经典引文

• We can..behave without the restraints imposed by society.

  出自： B. Bainbridge

• Seat belt sales are soaring, especially restraints for children.

  出自：Times

常用短语

用作名词 (n.)

without restraint

无拘无束地,自由地without control; freely

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

• apply〔put on〕 restraints 加以限制
• cast〔fling〕 off restraint 摆脱约束
• display〔show〕 restraint 显示克制力
• exercise restraint 进行抑制
• impose restraints on 对…加以抑制

介词+～

• in restraint of 在…方面的约束
• be held in restraint 受监视
• be under restraint 被拘禁
• without restraint 无拘无束地,自由地

～+介词

• restraint in 在…方面的约束
• restraint on 对…的限制
• restraints on the power of the president 对总统权力的约束

词源解说

• ☆ 15世纪初期进入英语，直接源自古法语的restreinte，意为压制。

近反义词

【近义词】

• bond 债券
• control 掌控
• constraint 约束
• self-control 克己
• command 命令
• self-possession 沉着
• limit 限度
• limitation 限制
• curb 路边
• prevention 阻止
• ceiling 天花板
• continence 自制
• abstinence 节制
• check 检查
• bondage 奴役
• prohibition 禁止
• captivity 囚禁
• arrest 逮捕
• imprisonment 【U】监禁
• government 政府
• confinement 拘禁
• belt 腰带
• chain 束缚
• shackle 手铐
• fetter 为 ... 上脚镣...
• bit 少量
• simpleness 简单
• simplicity 简单
• chasteness 贞节

【反义词】

• unrestraint 无拘束
• incitement 刺激(激励