restrain
发音
英 [rɪˈstreɪn]
美 [rɪˈstreɪn]
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- vt.
- 抑制，压抑
- 限定，限制
- 制止
- 监禁
单词词源
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。
双语例句
- 1. Inflation is stable because there is less idle capacity to restrain prices .
- 而通胀的稳定是因为没有闲置的产能来抑制价格。
- 2. The work suggests that the hormone may restrain aggression in stressful situations .
- 这项研究表明这种荷尔蒙可能可以抑制人在压力环境中的攻击倾向。
- 3. Urban planners continue to believe they can restrain suburbia and improve upon it .
- 城市规划者仍旧相信他能够抑制郊区，并依靠它提高自身水平。
- 4. To cope with it , they urged human beings to restrain their overarching ambitions .
- 为了解决这一问题，希腊人力劝人们抑制过度膨胀的欲望。
- 5. Unless governments restrain those impulses , they will undermine the gains from rising investment .
- 除非政府能够抑制这股潮流，否则增加的投资收益将为其所破坏。