英语词典 · 单词释义
restrain
英 [rɪ'streɪn] 美 [rɪ'stren]
这里集中整理“restrain”的音标、翻译、词源、例句和近反义词，方便快速确认词义并顺手做词汇积累。
单词速览
词义详解
翻译 · 词源 · 例句- vt. 抑制，控制；约束；制止
延伸内容
词源 · 例句 · 用法词态变化
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]
双语例句
- 1. 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。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. 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。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. 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.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 4. She shouldn't restrain her anger at this insensible attitude of theirs.
- 对他们这种无动于衷的态度,她抑制不住心头的怒火.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- 5. They couldn't restrain their excitement.
- 他们无法抑制自己的激动.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》