| 单词 | constraining |
| 释义 | constraining (once / 14206 pages) adj When something is constraining, it restricts. Tight jeans or high heels can be constraining––in fact, you can hardly walk. You may find your parents' rules to be constraining as well. It's hard enough for someone living in our era to imagine doing all the physical work it took to cook and clean and wash clothes by hand, but to imagine doing it while wearing the constraining clothing of that time is nearly impossible. WORD FAMILYconstrain: constrained, constraining, constrains+/constrained: constrainedly, unconstrained/unconstrained: unconstrainedly USAGE EXAMPLESThe plan envisaged a ceasefire followed by a national unity government and constitutional reform aimed at constraining presidential powers. The Guardian(Dec 12, 2016) He can still count Rand Paul, the Kentucky Republican, as a partner on constraining surveillance. The Guardian(Nov 18, 2016) The high-minded, Presidential persona she’s committed to is constraining in many ways. The New Yorker(Nov 03, 2016) adj restricting the scope or freedom of action Syn confining, constrictive, limiting, restricting restrictive serving to restrict |
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