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