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Restrain Limits 6926.Restrain 英 Rɪ'Streɪn]美 Rɪ'Stren 释义 Vt

正面 6926.restrain
英 [rɪ'streɪn]美 [rɪ'stren]

背面
释义:
vt. 抑制,控制;约束;制止
例句:
1. Unable to restrain herself, she rose and went to the phone.她没能克制住自己,起身走向电话。

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restrain 限制,约束re-,向后,往回,-strain,拉,词源同 constrain,constrict.即拉回,引申词义限制,约束。
restrainrestrain: see strainrestrain (v.)mid-14c., from stem of Old French restreindre "press, push together; curb, bridle; bandage" (12c.), from Latin restringere "draw back tightly, confine, check" (see restriction). Related: Restrained; restraining. That which we restrain we keep within limits; that which we restrict we keep within certain definite limits; that which we repress we try to put out of existence. [Century Dictionary, 1902]"

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