新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

restrain

英  [rɪˈstreɪn]
    

[VERB]

    VERB. 动词
  • restrains , restraining , restrained

    1[T 及物动词] 制止

    If you restrain someone, you stop them from doing what they intended or wanted to do, usually by using your physical strength.

    双语例句

    例:

    Wally gripped my arm, partly to restrain me and partly to reassure me.

    沃利抓住了我的胳膊,一方面是想制止我,另一方面是想安慰我。

    例:

    One onlooker had to be restrained by police.

    警察不得不制止了一个旁观者。

    例:

    One MP was physically restrained during an argument with a minister.

    一位国会议员在与一位部长的争吵中被制服。

    例:

    the bare minimum of force necessary to restrain the attackers.

    制止袭击者所需的最基本武力。

    2[T 及物动词] 抑制

    If you restrain an emotion or you restrain yourself from doing something, you prevent yourself from showing that emotion or doing what you wanted or intended to do.

    双语例句

    例:

    She was unable to restrain her desperate anger.

    她无法抑制自己强烈的愤怒。

    3[T 及物动词] 限制 , 抑制

    To restrain something that is growing or increasing means to prevent it from getting too large.

    近义词

    limit , check

    反义词

    encourage

    双语例句

    例:

    The radical 500-day plan was very clear on how it intended to try to restrain inflation.

    这项激进的500天计划在如何努力抑制通货膨胀上是非常清晰的。

    例:

    In the 1970s, the government tried to restrain corruption.

    在20世纪70年代,政府试图抑制腐败。

    例:

    to restrain the growth in state spending.

    限制国家支出的增长。