单词 | restricted |
释义 | restricted (once / 649 pages) adj Have you ever seen a door labeled Restricted? If so, you probably know it means "Stay out." A restricted area can only be entered by certain people. Anything labeled restricted is not public. Restricted things are private, and only certain people who are authorized can access or use those things. Anything restricted is subject to more rules. In sports, a restricted free agent has to worry about more rules than an unrestricted free agent. Something or someone restricted has to deal with restrictions, which are rules or laws that set limits. WORD FAMILYrestricted: restrictedly, unrestricted+/restrict: derestrict, restricted, restricting, restriction, restrictive, restricts/restriction: restrictions/restrictive: nonrestrictive, restrictively, restrictiveness, unrestrictive/unrestricted: unrestrictedly USAGE EXAMPLESThe birds won’t die off, he said, but their ranges will be restricted. Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017) Before slavery was restricted by the Spanish crown, in 1542, slaving parties scoured Honduras, kidnapping Indians to work plantations, mines, and households. The New Yorker(Jan 01, 2017) When those were restricted, manufacturers in Mexico and Singapore benefited. Washington Post(Dec 28, 2016) 1adj subject to restriction or subjected to restriction of restricted importance Syn|Ant classified official classification of information or documents; withheld from general circulation confinednot free to move about unfreehampered and not free; not able to act at will circumscribed, limitedsubject to limits or subjected to limits closednot open to the general public off-limits, out-of-boundsbarred to a designated group unrestricted not subject to or subjected to restriction freeable to act at will; not hampered; not under compulsion or restraint all-weatherusable or operative or practiced in all kinds of weather discretionary(especially of funds) not earmarked; available for use as needed openaccessible to all open-plan(of rooms or buildings) having large rooms with few dividing partitions open-endedwithout fixed limits or restrictions 2adj the lowest level of official classification for documents Syn classified official classification of information or documents; withheld from general circulation 3adj restricted in meaning; (as e.g. `man' in `a tall man') Syn qualified modified changed in form or character |
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