restrain
verb /rɪˈstreɪn/
/rɪˈstreɪn/
动词形式
| present simple I / you / we / they restrain | /rɪˈstreɪn/ /rɪˈstreɪn/ |
| he / she / it restrains | /rɪˈstreɪnz/ /rɪˈstreɪnz/ |
| past simple restrained | /rɪˈstreɪnd/ /rɪˈstreɪnd/ |
| past participle restrained | /rɪˈstreɪnd/ /rɪˈstreɪnd/ |
| -ing form restraining | /rɪˈstreɪnɪŋ/ /rɪˈstreɪnɪŋ/ |
- to stop somebody/something from doing something, especially by using physical force
（尤指用武力）制止，阻止，管制 - restrain somebody/something The prisoner had to be restrained by the police.
警方只好强行制住囚犯。 - He placed a restraining hand on her arm.
他拉住她的胳膊制止她。 - restrain somebody/something from (doing) something They have obtained an injunction restraining the company from selling the product.
他们已经得到阻止这家公司出售这一产品的禁销令。 - I had to restrain her from hitting out at passers-by.
我得强行制止她袭击路人。
- She had to be physically restrained.
她不得不被绑了起来。 - The horse must be properly restrained in a location where it would not hurt itself.
必须把马妥善关好，让它不能伤着自己。 - He had to be forcibly restrained by team-mates.
他不得不被队友强行限制。
Collocations Dictionaryadverb- barely
- properly
- forcibly
- …
- be unable to
- can no longer
- cannot
- …
- from
- an attempt to restrain somebody
- an effort to restrain somebody
- restrain somebody/something The prisoner had to be restrained by the police.
- to stop yourself from feeling an emotion or doing something that you would like to do
约束（自己）；控制（自己）；忍住 - restrain something John managed to restrain his anger.
约翰努力压制住自己的怒气。 - I restrained the urge to punch him.
我抑制住了自己的冲动，没用拳头打他。 - restrain yourself (from something/from doing something) She had to restrain herself from crying out in pain.
她只得忍住疼痛，不哭出来。 - I was tempted to answer back, but I restrained myself.
我想还嘴，但忍住了。
- I barely restrained myself from hitting him.
我勉强控制住自己，没有打他。 - She could not restrain a flash of pride.
她不禁感到一阵自豪。
Collocations Dictionaryadverb- barely
- properly
- forcibly
- …
- be unable to
- can no longer
- cannot
- …
- from
- an attempt to restrain somebody
- an effort to restrain somebody
- restrain something John managed to restrain his anger.
- restrain something to stop something that is growing or increasing from becoming too large
抑制；控制 - The government is taking steps to restrain inflation.
政府正在采取措施控制通货膨胀。 - Economic growth first induced, then restrained population growth.
经济增长首先诱导，然后抑制人口增长。
- The government is taking steps to restrain inflation.
词源Middle English: from Old French restreign-, stem of restreindre, from Latin restringere, from re- ‘back’ + stringere ‘to tie, pull tight’.