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restrain

英[rɪ'streɪn] 美[rɪ'stren]
  • vt. 抑制,控制;约束;制止

英英释意


1. keep under control; keep in check;
"suppress a smile"
"Keep your temper"
"keep your cool"
2. place limits on (extent or access);
"restrict the use of this parking lot"
"limit the time you can spend with your friends"
3. to close within bounds, limit or hold back from movement;
"This holds the local until the express passengers change trains"
"About a dozen animals were held inside the stockade"
"The illegal immigrants were held at a detention center"
"The terrorists held the journalists for ransom"
4. hold back
5. to compel or deter by or as if by threats