restraint

restraint 约束力，控制力

来自 restrain,限制，约束，-t,过去分词格，此处形容词作名词。

restraint (n.)

"action of restraining; means of restraint," early 15c., from Old French restreinte, noun use of fem. past participle of restraindre (see restrain). Sense of "reserve" is from c. 1600.

1. The old sense of deference and restraint in royal reporting has vanished.

在对皇室进行的新闻报道中，那种由来已久的尊重和收敛意识已经消失了。

2. 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。

3. Gandhi exemplified the virtues of renunciation, asceticism and restraint.

甘地体现了克己、禁欲和自我约束的美德。

4. He urged restraint on the security forces.

他力主对安全部队设限。

5. She exercised all her self-restraint and kept quiet.

她好不容易才忍住没说话。

【confinement, confinement, concentrate, restraint, focus, limitation】
这组词都有“限制，局限”的意思，其区别是：
confinement: n.限制，囚禁(于某地或某种境地)。
• The prisoner was sentenced to three months' solitary confinement. 那犯人被判处单独监禁三个月。
confinement: limitation, restraint
concentrate: v.集中，集中精力(后接on，宾语可以是具体或抽象的东西)；浓缩，压缩。
• During exams, students concentrate hard on answering the questions. 考试期间，同学们集中精力回答问题。
restraint: n.克制，抑制；约束措施。
• Even though the mother was very angry, she acted 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。
focus: v.集中(于某事物)；将(注意力等)集中于……(后接on，宾语一般不是具体的东西)。
• Please focus your minds on the following problem. 请集中考虑以下问题。
limitation: n.限制，局限；(能力的)缺点，弱点。
• That employee has limitations on what work he can do. 那个雇员能做的工作有限。