• vt. 抑制，控制；約束；制止

re-,向后，往回，-strain,拉，詞源同 constrain,constrict.即拉回，引申詞義限制，約束。

restrain

restrain: see strain

restrain (v.)

mid-14c., from stem of Old French restreindre "press, push together; curb, bridle; bandage" (12c.), from Latin restringere "draw back tightly, confine, check" (see restriction). Related: Restrained; restraining.

That which we restrain we keep within limits; that which we restrict we keep within certain definite limits; that which we repress we try to put out of existence. [Century Dictionary, 1902]

1. Unable to restrain herself, she rose and went to the phone.

她沒能克制住自己，起身走向電話。

來自柯林斯例句

2. In the 1970s, the government tried to restrain corruption.

在20世紀70年代，政府曾經試圖打擊腐敗。

來自柯林斯例句

3. If you can't restrain your dog you must lock it up.

如果你無法管住你的狗,就必須把它關起來.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

4. She shouldn't restrain her anger at this insensible attitude of theirs.

對他們這種無動于衷的態度,她抑制不住心頭的怒火.

來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》

5. They couldn't restrain their excitement.

他們無法抑制自己的激動.

來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》