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单词 constraint
释义
constraint
noun
uk
/kənˈstreɪnt/us
/kənˈstreɪnt/
C2[C]
something thatcontrolswhat you do bykeepingyou withinparticularlimits:
限制；束缚；约束
The constraintsofpolitenesswouldn'tallowher to say what she reallythoughtabout hiscooking.出于礼貌，她不会说出自己对他的厨艺的真实看法。
Financialconstraintsonthecompanyarepreventingthem fromemployingnewstaff.公司财务紧张使得他们不能再聘请新员工。
Synonyms
check(LIMIT)
control(POWER)
curb(CONTROL)
curtailment
limit
limitation
restraint
restriction
[U]formal
unnaturalbehaviourthat is sometimes theresultofforcingyourself toactin aparticularway:
拘束；局促
Shetriedtoappearfriendly, but her constraint wasobvious.她尽力显得友好，可是显然很拘束。
under constraintformal
If you do something under constraint, you do it only because you have beenforcedto:
被强迫地；迫于压力；在强制下
Theyconfessed, but only undersevereconstraint.他们迫于巨大的压力才说出了真相。
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  • damage limitation
  • debilitating
  • hamstring
  • limit
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  • localize
  • non-exempt
  • straitjacket
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Self-control and moderation
(Definition ofconstraintfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

constraint| American Dictionary

constraint
noun[C]
us
/kənˈstreɪnt/
something thatlimitstherangeof a person’sactionsorfreedom:
In Egypt, thebiggestconstraint on newagriculturalproductioniswater.
(Definition ofconstraintfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

constraint| Business English

constraint
noun[C]
uk
/kənˈstreɪnt/us
something thatcontrolswhat you can do bykeepingyou withinparticularlimits:
The constraint ofdistributioncostsremainstheseverestof all.
budget/financial, etc. constraintsThisgrowthinrevenuemaysoftenthe government'sbudgetconstraints andallowit toincreasepublicspending.
big/major/serious constraintTheybelievethat the newlegislationwillremoveamajorconstraint toeconomicexpansion.
a constraint on/to sthThecostofcapitalis animportantconstraint onbusinessactivity.
place/put a constraint on sthSomeexternalfactorsplacedconstraints on thescopeof theworkthat could beundertaken.
Among thoseconditionswas a five-yeartimeconstraint.(=timelimit)
(Definition ofconstraintfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofconstraint

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The resulting tool will allow specifying relations between groups and participants, and different interaction types and constraints over interactions.
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In this work, the environment is characterised by two negotiators, time constraints, deadlines, full information and the possibility of opting out.
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The problem can be constrained further by including constraints based on general design heuristics.
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The capacity to use marked forms is a developmental step, but their use largely depends on contextual and pragmatic constraints.
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Evaluation of the lambda building block requires additional constraints between the monad and value types.
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However, further analysis of constraints on fertiliser use is necessary.
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In particular, haptic perception is important to recognize local and dynamic properties of the environment and the physical constraints imposed on the end-effector.
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Figures 10 and 11 show the response of the contact area position constraints.
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However, state variables are not independent; they are subject to the two contact area constraints between the soft fingertips and the rigid object surface.
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All the manipulators of this family have independent constraints and three equal legs.
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In fact, we noticed that a large value of rk tends to well ensure constraints satisfaction to the detriment of cost minimality and vice versa.
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However, the application of these techniques involves several constraints to the reliability and cost of the systems.
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The calculation of these functions is based on the objective parameters, and takes into account the constraints acting on the robot.
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In order to compute the obstacle constraints, it is necessary to know the distance between the robot and the obstacles.
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The whole trajectory from the beginning of the movement to its end must satisfy given acceleration and/or velocity constraints.
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Collocationswithconstraint

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additional constraint
Sympathy supplies theadditionalconstraintinteraction needed to explain these markedness violations.
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artificial constraint
Specifying a desired velocity along an unconstrained direction and/or a desired force along a constrained direction gives rise to an artificial constraint.
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budget constraint
To this end, we assume that either government spending or direct taxes are endogenous and adjust to keep thebudgetconstraintbalanced.
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