restrain /rɪˈstreɪn/ CET4 TEM4 ( restraining, restrained, restrains )

• 1. 

  V-T If you restrain someone, you stop them from doing what they intended or wanted to do, usually by using your physical strength. 制止

  例：

  Wally gripped my arm, partly to restrain me and partly to reassure me.

  沃利抓住了我的胳膊，部分是想制止我，部分是想安慰我。

• 2. 

  V-T If you restrain an emotion or you restrain yourself from doing something, you prevent yourself from showing that emotion or doing what you wanted or intended to do. 抑制

  例：

  She was unable to restrain her desperate anger.

  她无法抑制她那不顾一切的愤怒。

• 3. 

  V-T To restrain something that is growing or increasing means to prevent it from getting too large. 限制

  例：

  The radical 500-day plan was very clear on how it intended to try to restrain inflation.

  这项激进的500天计划在其想要如何试图限制通货膨胀上是非常清晰的。