| 单词 | constrain |
| 释义 | con·strain transitive verb 1. a. < no one shall constrain me against my conscience to reveal my beliefs — Alexander Laing > < fate was constraining him to follow Cleopatra — John Buchan > b. < the evidence constraining belief in his guilt > c. < a wheel is constrained to rotate on its axle > 2. a. < a constrained polite laugh at his attempt at humor > b. < tensions constrained their friendship because of the difference in station — New Republic > 3. a. < constrained to a dungeon > < the winds constrained by magic > b. < his clothes … constrain him so much that he seems rather their prisoner than their proprietor — Earl of Chesterfield > c. obsolete d. < constraining my mind not to wander from the task — Charles Dickens > e. < poverty constantly constraining him > intransitive verb < doctrine that enlightens but does not constrain > Synonyms: see force |
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