| 单词 | restrain |
| 释义 | restrain —restrainable, adj. —restrainability, n. —restrainingly, adv. /ri strayn"/, v.t. 1. to hold back from action; keep in check or under control; repress: to restrain one's temper. 2. to deprive of liberty, as by arrest or the like. 3. to limit or hamper the activity, growth, or effect of: to restrain trade with Cuba. [1350-1400; ME restreynen < MF restreindre < L restringere to bind back, bind fast, equiv. to re- RE- + stringere to draw together; see STRAIN1] Syn. 1. bridle, suppress, constrain. See check. 2. restrict, circumscribe, confine, hinder, hamper. Ant. 1. unbridle. 2. free, liberate. |
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