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restraining

/ri-streyn/US // rɪˈstreɪn //UK // (rɪˈstreɪn) //

限制性,限制,抑制,拘束

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Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to hold back from action; keep in check or under control; repress: to restrain one's temper.
    • : to deprive of liberty, as by arrest or the like.
    • : to limit or hamper the activity, growth, or effect of: to restrain trade with Cuba.

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Examples

  • A lawsuit alleges staff members restrained him for nearly two hours, even as he vomited and urinated on himself.

  • With two officers restraining each of the girl’s hands, video shows, she slides to the street, thrashing and kicking at police as she pleads to see her dad.

  • Kids who weren’t restrained at all definitely suffered the consequences.

  • Illinois lawmakers had the support to ban schools from locking students alone in a room or physically restraining them face down.

  • Each victim may receive multiple services, including legal help with things like restraining orders, emergency hotel night vouchers, counseling sessions and online professional training, officials said.

  • Three off-duty cops working as security guards apprehended Saylor and proceeded to restrain him in an ultimately fatal fashion.

  • All said that they only touched the jogger or helped restrain her, while one or more of the others forced themselves on her.

  • What about allowing a school to manually or "mechanically" restrain students?

  • The other detectives had to restrain her to keep her from striking him again.

  • To some observers, this is a classic Red State action to try to restrain the growth of renewable energy.

  • At sight of this generous enemy, this faithful friend, how could he restrain the grateful impulse to fling himself into his arms!

  • It may be, of course, that the responsibility was thrown on the lady in order to restrain the hand of the incensed king.

  • Refraining from vowing to him, man sustains a character no higher than the wicked who restrain prayer before God.

  • A husband cannot chastise his wife, but he may use force to restrain her from committing a violent criminal wrong.

  • And, making a desperate effort to restrain his tears, he rushed rather than went out of the room.

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