新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

restrainIELTS重点词汇

英 [rɪˈstreɪn]

[VERB]

词汇频率：

VERB. 动词

restrains , restraining , restrained
1. [T 及物动词] 制止
If you restrain someone, you stop them from doing what they intended or wanted to do, usually by using your physical strength.
双语例句
例：
Wally gripped my arm, partly to restrain me and partly to reassure me.
沃利抓住了我的胳膊，一方面是想制止我，另一方面是想安慰我。
例：
One onlooker had to be restrained by police.
警察不得不制止了一个旁观者。
例：
One MP was physically restrained during an argument with a minister.
一位国会议员在与一位部长的争吵中被制服。
例：
the bare minimum of force necessary to restrain the attackers.
制止袭击者所需的最基本武力。
2. [T 及物动词] 抑制
If you restrain an emotion or you restrain yourself from doing something, you prevent yourself from showing that emotion or doing what you wanted or intended to do.
双语例句
例：
She was unable to restrain her desperate anger.
她无法抑制自己强烈的愤怒。
3. [T 及物动词] 限制 , 抑制
To restrain something that is growing or increasing means to prevent it from getting too large.
近义词
limit , check
反义词
encourage
双语例句
例：
The radical 500-day plan was very clear on how it intended to try to restrain inflation.
这项激进的500天计划在如何努力抑制通货膨胀上是非常清晰的。
例：
In the 1970s, the government tried to restrain corruption.
在20世纪70年代，政府试图抑制腐败。
例：
to restrain the growth in state spending.
限制国家支出的增长。