restrain是什么意思

restrain

英 [r?'stre?n] 美 [r?'stren]

restrain 限制，約束

re-,向后，往回，-strain,拉，詞源同 constrain,constrict.即拉回，引申詞義限制，約束。

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]

1. Unable to restrain herself, she rose and went to the phone.: 她沒能克制住自己，起身走向電話。

2. In the 1970s, the government tried to restrain corruption.: 在20世紀(jì)70年代，政府曾經(jīng)試圖打擊腐敗。

3. If you can't restrain your dog you must lock it up.: 如果你無法管住你的狗,就必須把它關(guān)起來.

4. She shouldn't restrain her anger at this insensible attitude of theirs.: 對他們這種無動于衷的態(tài)度,她抑制不住心頭的怒火.