英语词汇“restrain”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

restrainrestrain /rɪˈstreɪn/ ●○○ AWL verb [transitive]

ETYMOLOGYrestrain

Origin: 1300-1400 Old French restreindre, from Latin restringere, from stringere to tie tightly, press together

VERB TABLE

restrain

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	restrain
	he, she, it	restrains
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	restrained
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have restrained
	he, she, it	has restrained
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had restrained
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will restrain
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have restrained

Continuous Form
Present	I	am restraining
	he, she, it	is restraining
	you, we, they	are restraining
Past	I, he, she, it	was restraining
	you, we, they	were restraining
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been restraining
	he, she, it	has been restraining
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been restraining
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be restraining
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been restraining

1to control your emotions, especially anger: restrain yourself (from doing something) She could barely restrain herself from hitting him.2to physically stop someone from doing something or from moving, especially by using force: It took four officers to restrain Wilson.3to prevent someone from doing something: an order restraining the union from striking4to control or limit something that tends to increase: The economy’s growth will slow down enough to restrain inflation. [Origin: 1300–1400 Old French restreindre, from Latin restringere, from stringere to tie tightly, press together]