Restraining [
ri'streiniŋ]
a. 抑制的, 遏制的, 控制的
- As we talked, I felt a joy I could not restrain.
我们交谈时,我感到一种无法抑制的高兴情绪。 - A connected, flexible series of links, typically of metal, used especially for holding objects together or restraining or for transmitting mechanical power.
链,链条一系列相连的,可折叠弯曲的连结物,通常指金属,尤指用来将物体联结到一起或限定物体或用来传送机械能
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.
- Restraining orders _ which generally forbid a person to approach, contact or harass someone else _ have become common in domestic violence cases.