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constrain
[英] [kənˈstrein] [美] [kənˈstren] 生词本

vt.

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1. VERB 约束;限制;强迫 To constrain someone or something means to limit their development or force them to behave in a particular way. 

  • Women are too often constrained by family commitments and by low expectations...

    女性往往受到家庭责任和低期望值的束缚。

  • How can we produce top-class engineers when universities are constrained to offer salaries that can only attract mediocre staff?...

    大学的财力有限，提供的薪酬仅能吸引水平一般的教师，在这种情况下，我们如何能培养出一流的工程师？

  • It's the capacity of those roads which is going to constrain the amount of travel by car that can take place.

    制约驾车出行量的将会是那些道路的通行能力。

constrained

  • These will be very constrained budgets designed to get the deficit down.

    这些预算旨在减少赤字，将会大大受限。

2. PHRASE 觉得被迫(做某事) If you feel constrained to do something, you feel that you must do it, even though you would prefer not to. 

  • For some reason he felt constrained to lower his voice.

    不知怎么的，他觉得自己必须得压低声音。

Verb

1. hold back

2. restrict;

  • "Tighten the rules"
  • "stiffen the regulations"
1. The police used horses to constrain the crowd from violence.
警察骑着马阻止那群人诉诸暴力。

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