restraint
柯林斯詞典
1. N-VAR Restraints are rules or conditions that limit or restrict someone or something. 限制
The president is calling for spending restraints in some areas. 該總統(tǒng)要求在一些領(lǐng)域限制開(kāi)支。
2. N-UNCOUNT Restraint is calm, controlled, and unemotional behaviour. 克制
They behaved with more restraint than I'd expected. 他們表現(xiàn)了比我預(yù)想還多的克制。
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restraint /r??stre?nt/ (restraints)
劍橋詞典
- [ 不可數(shù)或單數(shù)名詞：沒(méi)有復(fù)數(shù)形式的名詞 ]
calm and controlled behaviour
克制；平心靜氣；冷靜
He showed admirable restraint, and refused to be provoked . 他表現(xiàn)出極大的克制，面對(duì)挑釁泰然處之。
The security forces exercised (= used) great restraint by not responding to hostile attacks and threats . 面對(duì)充滿敵意的攻擊和威脅，安全部隊(duì)沒(méi)有進(jìn)行還擊，表現(xiàn)出極大的克制。
[ 可數(shù)名詞：有復(fù)數(shù)形式的名詞 or 不可數(shù)或單數(shù)名詞：沒(méi)有復(fù)數(shù)形式的名詞 ]
something that limits the freedom of someone or something, or that prevents something from growing or increasing
阻止；抑制，遏制
government spending restraints 對(duì)政府開(kāi)支的限制
Lack of space is the main restraint on the firm's expansion plans . 建筑空間的缺乏是阻礙這家公司實(shí)施其擴(kuò)建計(jì)劃的主要原因。
During the recession , the government opted for a policy of pay /wage restraint rather than a reduction in public investment . 在經(jīng)濟(jì)衰退時(shí)期，政府選擇的政策是限制工資增長(zhǎng)，而不是削減公共投資。
?keep/place sb under restraint
to keep a violent person in a way that prevents them from moving freely
限制（某人）的人身自由；對(duì)（某人）進(jìn)行管制
The two prisoners were kept under restraint while they were transported between prisons . 在轉(zhuǎn)監(jiān)途中，兩名犯人受到了人身限制。 返回 restraint