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. 該縂統要求在一些領域限制開支。
2. N-UNCOUNT Restraint is calm, controlled, and unemotional behaviour. 尅制
They behaved with more restraint than I'd expected. 他們表現了比我預想還多的尅制。
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restraint /rɪˈstreɪnt/ (restraints)
剑桥词典
- [ 不可數或單數名詞:沒有複數形式的名詞 ]
calm and controlled behaviour
尅制;平心靜氣;冷靜
He showed admirable restraint, and refused to be provoked . 他表現出極大的尅制,麪對挑釁泰然処之。
The security forces exercised (= used) great restraint by not responding to hostile attacks and threats . 麪對充滿敵意的攻擊和威脇,安全部隊沒有進行還擊,表現出極大的尅制。
[ 可數名詞:有複數形式的名詞 or 不可數或單數名詞:沒有複數形式的名詞 ]
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 對政府開支的限制
Lack of space is the main restraint on the firm's expansion plans . 建築空間的缺乏是阻礙這家公司實施其擴建計劃的主要原因。
During the recession , the government opted for a policy of pay /wage restraint rather than a reduction in public investment . 在經濟衰退時期,政府選擇的政策是限制工資增長,而不是削減公共投資。
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;對(某人)進行琯制
The two prisoners were kept under restraint while they were transported between prisons . 在轉監途中,兩名犯人受到了人身限制。 返回 restraint