Restraint
[ rɪ'strent ]
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n. 抑制，克制;控制，限制;拘束;约束力;
💡 词根助记
re(back)+straint(draw tight)→抑制；监禁
📝 例句
The clove hitch is an extremity restraint.
丁香结是一种四肢约束法。
Our restraint is not inexhaustible.
我们的克制不是没有限度的。
Cancer cells have thrown off this restraint.
癌细胞脱离了这个控制机制。
Be sure that the restraint does not rub child's axilla or wrist.
要确保约束带不摩擦小儿的腋或腕部。
Her anger was beyond restraint.
她怒不可遏。
🌱 联想助记
re ( 重新) +strain ( 拉紧) -> 重新拉紧 -> 克制; 比较: restrict ( 限制)
✅ 同义词
🔴 反义词
🔤 词根
-strict-表示“拉紧”
常见变体有-stress-、-strain-、-string-
📖 牛津释义
restraint
n
(fml 文)
1 [U] restraining or being restrained 抑制; 遏制; 管制; 约束
submit to/break loose from restraint 忍受[摆脱]束缚
The child's affections were kept under/suffered continualrestraint. 那孩子的感情一直受到压抑.
2 [C] ~ (on sb/sth) thing that checks or controls; restriction 起遏制作用的事物; 管制措施; 约束力
the restraints on the family budget of a limited income 有限的收入对家庭开支预算的约束
throw off the restraints of convention 打破常规
impose restraints on wage settlements 对工资的协议加以限制.
3 [U] ~ (in sth) avoidance of exaggeration or excess; moderation 克制; 节制; 适度
He showed/exercised considerable restraint in not suing for a divorce. 他极力克制自己, 不提出离婚诉讼.
4 (idm 习语) without re`straint without control; freely 无拘无束地; 自由地
talk, weep without restraint 畅谈、 痛哭.
🎯 考研助记
re（重新）＋strain（拉紧）→重新拉紧→克制比较：restrict（限制） *
🔁 扩展释义
*[ri'streint]n. 抑制, 克制, 束缚【医】 约束, 拘束【经】 禁止, 约束相关词组: without restraint
🌿 同词根单词
📖 同为「CET-4」词汇
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The Native Americans caught and trained them and were then able to use them to carry their goods when they travelled from one camping ground to another.
美洲土著人捕捉野马，加以驯服。
What is more, this information line operates 24 hours a day.
而且，这种"问讯线路每天工作24小时。
We're warm, we're dry and we're safe.
“我们不感到冷，身上是干的，而且我们很安全。