restraint
柯林斯词典
1. N-VAR Restraints are rules or conditions that limit or restrict someone or something. 限制
The president is calling for spending restraints in some areas. 该总统要求在一些领域限制开支。
2. N-UNCOUNT Restraint is calm, controlled, and unemotional behaviour. 克制
They behaved with more restraint than I'd expected. 他们表现了比我预想还多的克制。
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restraint /rɪˈstreɪnt/ (restraints)
剑桥词典
- [ 不可数或单数名词：没有复数形式的名词 ]
calm and controlled behaviour
克制；平心静气；冷静
He showed admirable restraint, and refused to be provoked . 他表现出极大的克制，面对挑衅泰然处之。
The security forces exercised (= used) great restraint by not responding to hostile attacks and threats . 面对充满敌意的攻击和威胁，安全部队没有进行还击，表现出极大的克制。
[ 可数名词：有复数形式的名词 or 不可数或单数名词：没有复数形式的名词 ]
something that limits the freedom of someone or something, or that prevents something from growing or increasing
阻止；抑制，遏制
government spending restraints 对政府开支的限制
Lack of space is the main restraint on the firm's expansion plans . 建筑空间的缺乏是阻碍这家公司实施其扩建计划的主要原因。
During the recession , the government opted for a policy of pay /wage restraint rather than a reduction in public investment . 在经济衰退时期，政府选择的政策是限制工资增长，而不是削减公共投资。
keep/place sb under restraint
to keep a violent person in a way that prevents them from moving freely
限制（某人）的人身自由；对（某人）进行管制
The two prisoners were kept under restraint while they were transported between prisons . 在转监途中，两名犯人受到了人身限制。 返回 restraint