constrain
constrain 英 [kənˈstreɪn] 美 [kənˈstren]
v. 迫使；约束；束缚
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- To constrain is to hold back, restrain, or confine. If you've ever had to constrain a toddler in the middle of a temper tantrum, you know you have to watch out for flailing limbs.
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- v. 迫使；约束；束缚
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1. The evidence was so compelling that he felt constrained to accept it.
证据是那样的令人折服，他觉得不得不接受。
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2. Research has been constrained by a lack of funds.
研究工作因经费不足而受限制。
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3. She felt constrained from continuing by the threat of losing her job.
由于受到失去工作的威胁，她感到很难再坚持下去。
- constrain (v.) "to exert force, physical or moral, upon, either in urging to action or restraining from it," early 14c., constreyen, from stem of Old French constreindre (Modern French contraindre) "restrain, control," from Latin constringere "to bind together, tie tightly, fetter, shackle, chain," from assimilated form of com "with, together" (see con-) + stringere "to draw tight" (see strain (v.)). Related: Constrained; constraining.
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