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单词 restraint
释义
restraint
noun
uk
/rɪˈstreɪnt/us
/rɪˈstreɪnt/
[U]
calmandcontrolledbehaviour:
克制；平心静气；冷静
Heshowedadmirablerestraint, andrefusedto beprovoked.他表现出极大的克制，面对挑衅泰然处之。
Thesecurityforcesexercised(= used)greatrestraint by notrespondingtohostileattacksandthreats.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。
[CorU]
something thatlimitsthefreedomof someone or something, or thatpreventssomething fromgrowingorincreasing:
阻止；抑制，遏制
governmentspendingrestraints对政府开支的限制
Lack ofspaceis themainrestraintonthe firm'sexpansionplans.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 therecession, thegovernmentoptedfor apolicyofpay/wagerestraintratherthan areductioninpublicinvestment.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。
Synonyms
check(LIMIT)
constraint
control(POWER)
curb(CONTROL)
curtailment
limit
limitation
rein
restriction
keep/placesomeoneunder restraint
tokeepaviolentpersonin a way thatpreventsthem frommovingfreely:
限制（某人）的人身自由；对（某人）进行管制
The twoprisonerswerekeptunder restraint while they weretransportedbetweenprisons.在转监途中，两名犯人受到了人身限制。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Self-control and moderation
  • ahold
  • anti-pleasure
  • ascetically
  • asceticism
  • be in command (ofyourself)idiom
  • boundary
  • get a grip (onyourself)idiom
  • go easyidiom
  • go steady onsomethingidiom
  • grip
  • impervious
  • mind over matteridiom
  • puritanism
  • restrained
  • restrict
  • restrictyourselftosomething
  • rise abovesomething
  • temperance
  • undignified
  • willpower
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Limiting and restricting
Putting people in prison
(Definition ofrestraintfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

restraint| American Dictionary

restraint
noun[C/U]
us
/rɪˈstreɪnt/
determinedcontroloverbehaviorinordertopreventthestrongexpressionofemotionor anyviolentaction:
[U]You really have to show a lot of restraint tostayout ofdebt.
A restraint is something thatlimitsfreedomofmovement,action, orgrowth:
[C]Socialrestraintsseemto havebecomedangerouslyunrestrictive.
(Definition ofrestraintfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

restraint| Business English

restraint
noun
uk
/rɪˈstreɪnt/us
[C,usually plural]
aruleor anagreementthatlimitsthefreedomof aperson,organization, orcountry, or thatpreventssomething fromgrowingorincreasing:
restraints on sthThebillurgesthegovernmenttoimposerestraintsonimports.
export/importrestraints
budgetrestraints
financial/fiscal/spendingrestraints
[U]
theactofpreventingsomething fromgrowingorincreasing:
Theoilindustryisexercisingrestraint.
restraint of trade
COMMERCE
anillegalagreementthatdamagessomeone'sabilityto dobusiness:
Anycontractwhichinterfereswith thefreeexerciseof histradeorbusinessis acontractin restraint oftrade.
See also
price restraint
voluntary export restraint
wage restraint
(Definition ofrestraintfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofrestraint

restraint
The second describes the empirical analysis, clarifying the effects of democracy and executive restraints on governance quality.
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The use of physical and pharmacological restraints leads to more severe injuries from falls.
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The average violation equals the sum of violations divided by the number of restraints.
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On executive discretion, 17 countries are classified as having meaningful restraints, while the remaining 21 lack such restraints.
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While some legal restraints on labour may exist, liberalized labour markets are underpinned principally by the electoral dominance of pro-neoliberal parties.
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Indeed, paramagnetism-based restraints are very efficient for mapping the binding sites and the interactions with other proteins or small molecules.
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An error-tolerant target function reduces the impact of erroneous restraints on the calculated structures.
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In practice, often more than half of the intraresidual and many sequential restraints are irrelevant.
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Being in an early stage of their application, the potential of orientation restraints in biomolecular structure calculation remains to be assessed by further research.
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All upper and lower limit distance restraints, scalar couplings and angle restraints available within the fragment are used.
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Yes, the fundamental thing is the capacity to resist, not to surrender, because the future has only obstacles, delusions, and restraints.
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The close correlation between democratic contestation and executive restraints makes it difficult to distinguish very sharply between their effects on developmental governance.
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The main finding is that a combination of democratic contestation and institutional restraints on governments' discretionary authority substantially improves developmental governance.
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In assessing democratic institutions' impact on governance quality, it therefore makes sense first to examine the effects of contestation and restraints jointly.
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The main finding is that a combination of democratic contestation and institutional restraints on governments' discretionary executive authority improves governance quality substantially.
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Collocationswithrestraint

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budgetary restraint
The proposed price changes achieve a reasonable balance between the needs of processors, consumers and producers, and take account of the need forbudgetaryrestraint.
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considerable restraint
He, like other wizard and muggle2 children, needs protection and care and friendship; he also needs to study and learn, develop self-confidence, make choices, and exercise judgment and considerable restraint.
From theCambridge English Corpus
financial restraint
A weak economy for much of the nineteenth century seems to have placed a heavyfinancialrestraintupon the parish.
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