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 restrain [ri'strein]   添加此单词到默认生词本
vt. 抑制, 阻止, 束缚

[法] 抑制, 遏制, 制止




    restrain


    Restrain \Re*strain"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Restrained}; p. pr.
    & vb. n. {Restraining}.] [OE. restreinen, F. restreindre, fr.
    L. restringere, restrictum; pref. re- re- + stringere to
    draw, bind, or press together. See {Strain}, v. t., and cf.
    {Restrict}.]
    1. To draw back again; to hold back from acting, proceeding,
    or advancing, either by physical or moral force, or by any
    interposing obstacle; to repress or suppress; to keep
    down; to curb.

    Restrain in me the cursed thoughts that nature
    Gives way to in repose! --Shak.

    2. To draw back toghtly, as a rein. [Obs.] --Shak.

    3. To hinder from unlimited enjoiment; to abridge.

    Though they two were committed, at least restrained
    of their liberty. --Clarendon.

    4. To limit; to confine; to restrict. --Trench.

    Not only a metaphysical or natural, but a moral,
    universality also is to be restrained by a part of
    the predicate. --I. Watts.

    5. To withhold; to forbear.

    Thou restrained prayer before God. --Job. xv. 4.

    Syn: To check; hinder; stop; withhold; repress; curb;
    suppress; coerce; restrict; limit; confine.

    1. Iraq did not offer such a letter, but the secretary-general said both countries told him they would restrain their armed forces.
    2. The Fed appears to be allowing a key short-term rate to rise in a bid to restrain inflation.
    3. But activity overall was relatively subdued as worries about rising interest rates tended to restrain the advance.
    4. There is some concern on Wall Street that the figures will cast doubts on the belief that the Federal Reserve is beginning to succeed in its effort to restrain inflation.
    5. U.S. officials say Japan's high savings and investment rates, its land policies, exclusionary business practices, inefficient retail distribution networks and pricing mechanisms all indirectly restrain trade.
    6. Falling energy and food prices in February helped restrain the rise in the Labor Department's Consumer Price Index after a 0.3 percent increase in January.
    7. Analysts said the March report showed that housing is feeling the pinch of interest rates pushed upward by the Federal Reserve Board as part of its campaign to restrain the economy and check inflation.
    8. At the same time, economists generally don't expect a repeat of the 4.5% drop in energy prices that helped restrain the index last month.
    9. A SENATE committee claimed yesterday the drug industry had broken its promise to restrain price increases voluntarily.
    10. A shifting distribution structure ultimately could help restrain Japan's notoriously high prices.
    11. Four injuries have been blamed on the belts' alleged failure to restrain occupants during accidents, Hurd said.
    12. An agreement by OPEC oil ministers Friday to restrain crude production had little effect on wholesale prices, but some experts said motorists could feel pinched at the pumps by early 1991 if the cartel sticks with the pact.
    13. Flooding forced many snakes into populated areas, but experts asked residents to restrain their fears and spare the reptiles, many of which eat rodents.
    14. More prime-rate increases are likely this year as a result of the Fed's efforts to restrain inflation pressures by slowing the economy's torrid growth pace, economists said.
    15. "Brilliant orchestration," "dramatic characterizations," "lifelike plot," etc.the German opera apostle could hardly restrain his enthusiasm for Auber's "La Muette de Portici" performed in 1828 in front of an equally dazed Parisian audience.
    16. Kansas City Southern Industries plunged 5 1/8 to 39 7/8 after being found guilty in an antitrust suit brought by South Dakota, which accused the company of conspiring to restrain trade in coal transportation.
    17. Though the appearance of support for the dollar reassured traders that the currency hadn't overdone a recent rally, they predicted the uncertainty over the major U.S economic indicators will restrain any new buying.
    18. China might suggest a voluntary agreement to restrain exports, but Brussels does not seem to favour such deals. According to the Commission, Chinese footwear imports doubled between 1990 and 1991, from a large base.
    19. As previously reported, the central bank is asking commercial banks to continue to restrain lending in 1988's first quarter so as to slow inflation.
    20. "Why can't you restrain your ideological thoughts?
    21. The drop in oil prices Tuesday came as traders continued to lose confidence in the ability of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries to restrain production.
    22. Chicago already uses this system (as do several foreign exchanges) to restrain volatility.
    23. THE DOLLAR: The dollar's strength, while harmful to U.S. exporters, has helped restrain inflation by holding down the dollar price of imported products.
    24. Nor is there any evidence that the other top official close to Col. North, the late Central Intelligence Agency Director William Casey, sought to restrain him.
    25. The concept is to find a way to persuade both antagonists to restrain themselves.
    26. But other south-east Asian countries are expected to restrain imports to protect their fledgling industries.
    27. But the price report appeared to reduce chances that the Federal Reserve would be forced to push interest rates higher in a bid to restrain inflation.
    28. As the central bank's monetary policy-setting arm, the committee sets goals for monetary growth which in turn govern interest rates. It was the tighter monetary policies that pushed up interest rates recently as the Fed sought to restrain inflation.
    29. Moves by the Fed to restrain those pressures by tightening credit conditions have produced a steady increase in short-term interest rates.
    30. But most London-based analysts stress that last week's renewed uncertainties over the dollar and near-term prospects for US interest rates have failed to restrain bond or equity markets in Europe. De-coupling, in fact, appears to be here at least.
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