"the unlawful restraint of trade"
"he was a model of polite restraint"
"she never lost control of herself"
"dogs should be kept under restraint"
"legal restraints"
"restraints imposed on imports"
"the room was simply decorated with great restraint"
"the car did not have proper restraints fitted"
1.限制;制约因素;管制措施
restraints are rules or conditions that limit or restrict someone or something.
e.g. 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。
e.g. With open frontiers and lax visa controls, criminals could cross into the country withoutrestraint.
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.克制;抑制;遏制
restraint is calm, controlled, and unemotional behaviour.
e.g. They behaved with morerestraint than I'd expected...
他们表现得比我预料的更为克制。
e.g. I'll speak to the staff and ask them to exerciserestraint and common sense.
我会和员工谈一谈,要他们加强自制,理智处事。
3.限制;控制
restraint of something is the act of preventing it from increasing too much or from being done freely.
e.g. For a year and a half, wagerestraint 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。
e.g. He sued them forrestraint of trade and won.
他控告他们实行贸易管制,并且胜诉了。
1. 限制:由于种种原因(承租人的选择、现有能力的饱和、无力偿付费用等),许多享受不到低租金(10w-rent)住房待遇的贫困家庭别无选择(alternative),只能自己购房;他们被鼓励购房,没有受到任何限制(restraint),因为当时的购房贷款(10an)条件很宽松.
警方呼吁群众保持克制。
Nobody could count on his restraint or rationality.谁也不能指望他会克制或讲道理的态度。
There is still need for profit restraint.现在仍有必要限制利润。
His rage was beyond restraint.他怒不可遏。
I am under no restraint whatever.我不受任何束缚。
He is a man always speaking with restraint.他是个说话拘谨的人。
The government has imposed export restraints on some products.政府对一些产品实行了出口控制。
wage restraint薪限
The police appealed to the crowd for restraint.警方呼吁群众保持克制。
He exercised considerable restraint in ignoring the insults.他表现出极大的克制,没去理会种种侮辱。
the physical restraint of prisoners对囚犯的人身限制
Children must use an approved child restraint or adult seat belt.儿童必须使用经过认可的儿童安全带或成人座椅安全带。
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。
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。
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。
In 1961 , the electrical equipment industry was found guilty of fixing prices in restraint of competition.§1961年, 电气设备工业为了限制竞争而规定各种价格,被查明有罪.
I think you showed great restraint in not hitting him after what he said.我想你听了他的话后竭力克制才没去揍他.
Yet freedom from restraint simply put it at the mercy of unsympathetic breeze.然而这样的自由仅仅把它引入到不和谐微风的怜悯中.
China , the North's fraternal neighbour , a muted response, urging restraint from both countries.朝鲜友邻中国做出低调反应, 敦促双方保持克制.
He has been free from restraint.他已脱离约束.
Valuing the wisdom of discernment theof pleasure without restraint and the joy of victory with integrity.重视培养洞察力,不冒险纵情欢娱,懂得适可而止,以平和的心态面对胜利的喜悦.
She had to bury the tumult of her feeling under the restraint of society.她得在社交礼貌的约束下,抑制住自己翻腾着的心潮.
Import quotas are sometimes dressed up as voluntary export restraint agreements between exporting and importing countries.进口配额有时被装扮成出口国和进口国达成的自愿出口限制协议.
The restraint an individual outside such extenuating circumstances, or the use of excessive force, is unjustifiable.若个人约束超出这种范围, 或是过度使用武力, 这就是不正当.
Since these fateful events almost two centuries ago the Amarrians have learned restraint.自从这些决定性的事件发生大概两个世纪后,艾玛人学会了克制.
Even though the mother was very angry, she with restraint and didn't yell at her child.即使母亲很生气, 她仍克制自己没有向孩子大吼.
Mrs. Smith cried without restraint.史密斯夫人无拘无束地大喊.
Journalists have exercised remarkable restraint in not reporting all the sordid details of the case.记者对该案件的报道显示出异乎寻常的克制,没有报道所有肮脏的细节.
His rage was beyond restraint.他怒不可遏.
As he has not been able to have his way , he has shown some restraint.他由于没有得手, 有些收敛.
I am under no restraint whatever.我不受任何束缚.
We can..behave without the restraints imposed by society.
出自:B. BainbridgeSeat belt sales are soaring, especially restraints for children.
出自:Times