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Constrain Constrained Ed Feel Felt Means   [V 英

英语单词 constrain
英美音标 英 [kən'streɪn] 美 [kən'streɪn]
中文释义 vt.强迫;限制
英语例句 (1) I felt constrained to do what he told me.
(2) She tried to constrain herself from a cough in class.
(3) Cold weather constrains the plant's growth.
(4) Don't constrain yourself only to class study.
中文例句 (1) 做他叫我做的事,我心里很不舒服。
(2) 上课时她竭力忍住不咳嗽。
(3) 寒冷的天气抑制了植物的生长。
(4) 不要把自己的学习只局限于课堂。
vocabulary简明 To constrain is to hold back, restrain, or confine. If you've ever had to constrain a toddler in the middle of a temper tantrum, you know you have to watch out for flailing limbs.
vocabulary扩展 The verb constrain comes from the Latin word constringere, which means to bind together or tie tightly. Constrain can imply both literal and figurative bindings. You can constrain someone by physically holding on to something like a person's shirt. Or, you can figuratively constrain someone by putting up obstacles. Your teenagers, for example, may feel constrained by your rules and accuse you of sucking the fun out of their social lives.
柯林斯解释
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[VERB 动词]约束;限制;强迫 To constrain someone or something means to limit their development or force them to behave in a particular way.
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  • Women are too often constrained by family commitments and by low expectations...

    女性往往受到家庭责任和低期望值的束缚。

  • How can we produce top-class engineers when universities are constrained to offer salaries that can only attract mediocre staff?...

    大学的财力有限,提供的薪酬仅能吸引水平一般的教师,在这种情况下,我们如何能培养出一流的工程师?

  • It's the capacity of those roads which is going to constrain the amount of travel by car that can take place.

    制约驾车出行量的将会是那些道路的通行能力。

constrained
  • These will be very constrained budgets designed to get the deficit down.

    这些预算旨在减少赤字,将会大大受限。

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[PHRASE 短语]觉得被迫(做某事) If you feel constrained to do something, you feel that you must do it, even though you would prefer not to.
  [V inflects]
  • For some reason he felt constrained to lower his voice.

    不知怎么的,他觉得自己必须得压低声音。

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