跟我背CET4核心词汇:restrain

　　restrain

　　v.

　　vt. 抑制,遏制; 管制,克制,约束 hold back sb/sth from movement or action; keep sb/sth under control or in check

　　同义词

　　v. confine，constrain，hold，hold back

　　参考例句

　　1. She was so angry that she could hardly restrain herself.

　　她气得几乎控制不了自己。

　　2. How can ability restrain sadness?

　　怎样才能抑制悲伤?

　　3. Prison guard: Microscopic implants will restrain convicts from engaging in criminal activity.

　　监狱看守：微小的植入片将阻止囚犯从事犯罪活动。

　　双语释义

　　1.V-T If you restrain someone, you stop them from doing what they intended or wanted to do, usually by using your physical strength. 制止

　　例：Wally gripped my arm, partly to restrain me and partly to reassure me.

　　沃利抓住了我的胳膊，部分是想制止我，部分是想安慰我。

　　2.V-T If you restrain an emotion or you restrain yourself from doing something, you prevent yourself from showing that emotion or doing what you wanted or intended to do. 抑制

　　例：She was unable to restrain her desperate anger.

　　她无法抑制她那不顾一切的愤怒。

　　3.V-T To restrain something that is growing or increasing means to prevent it from getting too large. 限制

　　例：The radical 500-day plan was very clear on how it intended to try to restrain inflation.

　　这项激进的500天计划在其想要如何试图限制通货膨胀上是非常清晰的。

　　常见用法

　　用作及物动词

　　He couldnt restrain his curiosity.

　　他抑制不住自己的好奇心。

　　She tried to restrain her sobs.

　　她设法抑制住自己的悲泣。

　　Shame may restrain what the law does not prohibit.

　　羞耻或许能阻止法律所不能禁止之事。

　　We must not restrain children of their liberty.

　　我们绝对不要限制孩子们的自由。