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restrain vt.抑制；阻止；束缚；剥夺 (1) 他抑制不住自己的好奇心。(2) 她设法抑制住自己的悲泣。(3) 羞耻或许能阻止法律所不能禁止之事。(4) 我们绝对不要限制孩子们的自由。 Restrain can also mean to restrict or hold back someone else, to prevent someone from doing what they're intending to do. Prison guards have to restrain a prisoner who is trying to attack one of his fellow inmates. That prisoner might even be put in handcuffs — a kind of restraint. You can restrain yourself, for example if you're watching a Broadway show and suddenly feel the urge to sing along. Your fellow audience members would be grateful for your restraint, especially if you've got a terrible voice.

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英 [rɪ'streɪn] 美 [rɪ'streɪn] (1) He couldn't restrain his curiosity.(2) She tried to restrain her sobs.(3) Shame may restrain what the law does not prohibit.(4) We must not restrain children of their liberty. Restrain means to hold yourself back, which is exactly what you'd have to do if, after weeks of dieting, you found yourself face to face with a dessert case filled with pies, cakes, and cookies. 1[VERB 动词]制止；阻止 If you restrain someone, you stop them from doing what they intended or wanted to do, usually by using your physical strength.   [V n]Wally gripped my arm, partly to restrain me and partly to reassure me...沃利抓住我的手臂，一是想制止我，二是想稳住我。One onlooker had to be restrained by police.一个旁观者遭到了警察的制止。2[VERB 动词]克制(情绪)；抑制（自己） If you restrain an emotion or you restrain yourself from doing something, you prevent yourself from showing that emotion or doing what you wanted or intended to do.   [V n]  [V n from -ing/n]She was unable to restrain her desperate anger...她无法控制自己极度的愤怒。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。Gladys wanted to ask, 'Aren't you angry with him?' But she restrained herself from doing so.格拉迪丝想问，“你不生他的气吗？”但她忍住没问。3[VERB 动词]抑制；限制；控制 To restrain something that is growing or increasing means to prevent it from getting too large.   [V n]The radical 500-day plan was very clear on how it intended to try to restrain inflation...这个为期500天的激进计划明确阐明将如何控制通货膨胀。In the 1970s, the government tried to restrain corruption.在20世纪70年代，政府曾经试图打击腐败。

英语单词	restrain
英美音标	英 [rɪ'streɪn] 美 [rɪ'streɪn]
中文释义	vt.抑制；阻止；束缚；剥夺
英语例句	(1) He couldn't restrain his curiosity. (2) She tried to restrain her sobs. (3) Shame may restrain what the law does not prohibit. (4) We must not restrain children of their liberty.
中文例句	(1) 他抑制不住自己的好奇心。 (2) 她设法抑制住自己的悲泣。 (3) 羞耻或许能阻止法律所不能禁止之事。 (4) 我们绝对不要限制孩子们的自由。
vocabulary简明	Restrain means to hold yourself back, which is exactly what you'd have to do if, after weeks of dieting, you found yourself face to face with a dessert case filled with pies, cakes, and cookies.
vocabulary扩展	Restrain can also mean to restrict or hold back someone else, to prevent someone from doing what they're intending to do. Prison guards have to restrain a prisoner who is trying to attack one of his fellow inmates. That prisoner might even be put in handcuffs — a kind of restraint. You can restrain yourself, for example if you're watching a Broadway show and suddenly feel the urge to sing along. Your fellow audience members would be grateful for your restraint, especially if you've got a terrible voice.
柯林斯解释	1 [VERB 动词]制止；阻止 If you restrain someone, you stop them from doing what they intended or wanted to do, usually by using your physical strength. [V n] Wally gripped my arm, partly to restrain me and partly to reassure me... 沃利抓住我的手臂，一是想制止我，二是想稳住我。 One onlooker had to be restrained by police. 一个旁观者遭到了警察的制止。 2 [VERB 动词]克制(情绪)；抑制（自己） If you restrain an emotion or you restrain yourself from doing something, you prevent yourself from showing that emotion or doing what you wanted or intended to do. [V n] [V n from -ing/n] She was unable to restrain her desperate anger... 她无法控制自己极度的愤怒。 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。 Gladys wanted to ask, 'Aren't you angry with him?' But she restrained herself from doing so. 格拉迪丝想问，“你不生他的气吗？”但她忍住没问。 3 [VERB 动词]抑制；限制；控制 To restrain something that is growing or increasing means to prevent it from getting too large. [V n] The radical 500-day plan was very clear on how it intended to try to restrain inflation... 这个为期500天的激进计划明确阐明将如何控制通货膨胀。 In the 1970s, the government tried to restrain corruption. 在20世纪70年代，政府曾经试图打击腐败。

Restrain [V Prevent Verb 动词 Intended Wanted N