restraint的经典引文

1. 克制
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

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

1.;制约因素;管制措施
Restraints are rules or conditions that limit or restrict someone or something.

e.g. The Prime Minister is calling for new restraints on trade unions...
首相正在呼吁对工会施加新的措施。
e.g. With open frontiers and lax visa controls, criminals could cross into the country withoutrestraint.
由于边境开放和签证管理松懈，罪犯可以毫无地进入这个国家。

2.克制;抑制;遏制
Restraint is calm, controlled, and unemotional behaviour.

e.g. They behaved with morerestraint than I'd expected...
他们表现得比我预料的更为克制。
e.g. I'll speak to the staff and ask them to exerciserestraint and common sense.
我会和员工谈一谈，要他们加强自制，理智处事。

3.;控制
Restraint of something is the act of preventing it from increasing too much or from being done freely.

e.g. For a year and a half, wagerestraint on a voluntary basis worked...
在一年半的时间里，自愿实行的限薪措施奏效了。
e.g. He sued them forrestraint of trade and won.
他控告他们实行贸易管制，并且胜诉了。

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。

• 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

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