restrain
柯林斯词典
1. V-T If you restrain someone, you stop them from doing what they intended or wanted to do, usually by using your physical strength. 制止
Wally gripped my arm, partly to restrain me and partly to reassure me. 沃利抓住了我的胳膊,部分是想制止我,部分是想安慰我。
2. V-T 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. 抑制
She was unable to restrain her desperate anger. 她無法抑制她那不顧一切的憤怒。
3. V-T To restrain something that is growing or increasing means to prevent it from getting too large. 限制
The radical 500-day plan was very clear on how it intended to try to restrain inflation. 這項激進的500天計劃在其想要如何試圖限制通貨膨脹上是非常清晰的。
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restrain /rɪˈstreɪn/ (restraining,restrained,restrains)
剑桥词典
- to control the actions or behaviour of someone by force , especially in order to stop them from doing something, or to limit the growth or force of something
阻止,制止;遏制
When he started fighting , it took four police officers to restrain him. 他出手打人,4個警察才把他制服。
She was so angry that she could hardly restrain herself . 她氣得幾乎都控制不住自己。
You should try to restrain your ambitions and be more realistic . 你應該盡量控制自己的野心,更現實一些。
Growth in car ownership could be restrained by increasing taxes . 或許可以通過提高稅費來限制汽車保有量的增長。 返回 restrain