restraints

n.

  • 柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典

1. N-VAR 限制;制约因素;管制措施 Restraints are rules or conditions that limit or restrict someone or something. 
  • The Prime Minister is calling for new restraints on trade unions...

    首相正在呼吁对工会施加新的限制措施。

  • With open frontiers and lax visa controls, criminals could cross into the country without restraint.

    由于边境开放和签证管理松懈,罪犯可以毫无限制地进入这个国家。

2. N-UNCOUNT 克制;抑制;遏制 Restraint is calm, controlled, and unemotional behaviour. 
  • They behaved with more restraint than I'd expected...

    他们表现得比我预料的更为克制。

  • I'll speak to the staff and ask them to exercise restraint and common sense.

    我会和员工谈一谈,要他们加强自制,理智处事。

3. N-UNCOUNT 限制;控制 Restraint of something is the act of preventing it from increasing too much or from being done freely. 
  • For a year and a half, wage restraint on a voluntary basis worked...

    在一年半的时间里,自愿实行的限薪措施奏效了。

  • He sued them for restraint of trade and won.

    他控告他们实行贸易管制,并且胜诉了。