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TOEFL BNC: 4343 COCA: 5419

restraint

restraint /rɪˈstreɪnt/ noun
plural restraints
restraint
/rɪˈstreɪnt/
noun
plural restraints
Learner's definition of RESTRAINT
[count] somewhat formal : a way of limiting, controlling, or stopping something约束措施;管制措施usually plural通常用复数often + on
[count] formal : a device that limits a person's movement安全装置;约束装置
[noncount] : control over your emotions or behavior克制;抑制
[noncount] formal : physical force that prevents someone from moving(武力)阻止,制止,制伏
TOEFL BNC: 4343 COCA: 5419

restraint

noun

re·​straint ri-ˈstrānt How to pronounce restraint (audio)
1
a
: an act of restraining : the state of being restrained
b(1)
: a means of restraining : a restraining force or influence
(2)
: a device that restricts movement
a restraint for children riding in cars
2
: a control over the expression of one's emotions or thoughts

Example Sentences

Make sure the child safety restraint is in place. The prisoner was placed in restraints. His angry response showed a lack of restraint. The government has acted with restraint in dealing with this crisis.
Recent Examples on the Web The Permian’s crop of private oil producers is already showing signs of restraint. Collin Eaton, WSJ, 19 Sep. 2022 That attitude of restraint paid off when Trump awarded Patterson a National Humanities Medal, the only one conferred on a novelist during Trump’s time in office. Ron Charles, Washington Post, 6 Sep. 2022 The Summit, delivers a performance of restraint and intense focus as Julio Strassera, a government attorney who masks his very real sense of panic with professional doggedness. Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Sep. 2022 Despite its firmer stance, some experts said the white paper’s overall message was one of restraint. Vivian Wang, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Aug. 2022 Felix Frankfurter was an eloquent liberal champion of judicial restraint. Justin Driver, The Atlantic, 12 Aug. 2022 The Primetime Emmys will present awards in 118 categories this year, making the Grammys look like a model of restraint. Paul Grein, Billboard, 26 July 2022 These dishes, too, showed the kind of restraint that requires confidence in one’s ingredients and execution. New York Times, 21 July 2022 Emotion here comes from an intensity of restraint rather than from surrender or sensuality. Jennifer Homans, The New Yorker, 18 July 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Middle English, from Anglo-French restreinte, from restreindre

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Time Traveler
The first known use of restraint was in the 15th century
TOEFL BNC: 4343 COCA: 5419
restraint

noun¹

1limit/control on sth限制;控制ADJECTIVE | VERB + RESTRAINT | PREPOSITION ADJECTIVEvoluntary自願限制agreements on voluntary export restraints關於自願限制出口的協議conventional傳統的束縛What happens when the conventional restraints on human cruelty are removed?對人類殘酷行為的傳統束縛取消時會發生什麼?physical身體上的束縛Sometimes the care workers need to use physical restraint on the hospital patients.有時看護人員需要對住院病人使用身體約束。budget, budgetary, economic, financial, fiscal, monetary, pay, spending, wage (especially BrE) 預算的限制;經濟上的限制;財政節制;財政緊縮;貨幣控制;工資限制;開銷限制;薪水限制the government's need to exercise fiscal restraint政府進行財政緊縮的需要talks on voluntary wage restraint關於自願限制工資的談判constitutional, government, judicial, legal, political, regulatory憲法/政府/司法/法律/政治/監管約束cultural, moral, social文化/道德/社會約束unconstitutional, unlawful違反憲法的/非法的限制guilty of the charge of unlawful restraint犯了非法拘禁罪time時間限制We did the best we could within the limited time restraints.我們在有限的時間內盡了最大的努力。prior先行制止They balked at the notion of prior restraints on research.一想到對調查的先行制止他們就畏縮了。VERB + RESTRAINTimpose, use加以約束;進行限制remove取消限制PREPOSITIONwithout restraint沒有限制地Prices continued to rise without restraint.物價繼續無限制地上漲。restraint on, restraint upon對⋯的限制The government imposed restraints on spending.政府對開支實行了限制。
restraint

noun²

2behaving in a calm/moderate way克制;有節制ADJECTIVE | VERB + RESTRAINT | PREPOSITION ADJECTIVEconsiderable, great, remarkable相當克制;很克制;特別克制admirable令人欽佩的克制emotional, sexual情緒克制;性壓抑VERB + RESTRAINThave有所克制Somehow I had the restraint not to tell Peter that.我還是強忍着沒把那件事告訴彼得。exercise, practise/practice, use進行克制;加以控制;施加控制Journalists have exercised remarkable restraint in not reporting all the sordid details of the case.記者們對該案件的報道顯示出異乎尋常的克制,沒有披露所有骯髒的細節。The media should have used more restraint in disclosing his private life.媒體在披露他的私人生活時應該更克制些。demonstrate, exhibit, show表現出克制;顯示出克制call for, urge呼籲克制require要求克制The role requires a certain restraint.這一職位要求有某種程度的自制能力。abandon拋開限制He abandoned all restraint and yelled at the top of his lungs.他不管不顧地放聲大叫起來。PREPOSITIONwith restraint有所克制地They reacted with restraint.他們的反應有所節制。without restraint不加克制地Finally he was able to cry properly, without restraint.他終於可以毫無束縛地放聲大哭了。restraint by⋯的克制The government called for restraint by both sides.政府要求雙方保持克制。

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