(常作 restraints)a measure or condition that keeps someone or something under control or within limits 控制,限制 decisions are made within the financial restraints of the budget. 决定是在受预算经费限制的情况下做出的。 ■[mass noun]the action of keeping someone or something under control 遏制,抑制 ■[mass noun]deprivation or restriction of personal liberty or freedom of movement 限制人身自由;限制活动自由 he remained aggressive and required physical restraint. 他仍然具有攻击性,需要限制行动自由。 ■a device which limits or prevents freedom of movement 限制活动自由的设备 car safety restraints. 保证汽车安全的限制性装置。
[mass noun]unemotional, dispassionate, or moderate behaviour; self-control 克制,拘谨 he urged the protestors to exercise restraint. 他敦促抗议者们要克制。 ■understatement, especially of artistic expression (尤指艺术表达)低调处理,克制 with strings and piano, all restraint vanished. 弦乐器和钢琴一响,所有的温文尔雅都消失了。
语源
late Middle English: from Old French restreinte, feminine past participle of restreindre 'hold back' (see restrain)