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con·straint AHD[kən-strāntʹ] D.J.[kənˈstreɪnt]K.K.[kənˈstrent]n.（名词）- The threat or use of force to prevent, restrict, or dictate the action or thought of others.强制：使用或威胁使用强制力量来阻拦、限制或命令他人的行动或思想
- The state of being restricted or confined within prescribed bounds:被约束：被限制或约束在规定范围之内的状态：soon tired of the constraint of military life.很快厌倦了军事生活的约束
- One that restricts, limits, or regulates; a check:约束：约束、限制或制约性的事物；抑制物：ignored all moral constraints in his pursuit of success.在他追求成功的过程中忽略了一切道德约束
- Embarrassed reserve or reticence; awkwardness:拘束：局促不安的拘谨或沉默；窘迫："All constraint had vanished between the two, and they began to talk"(Edith Wharton)“两人之间的拘束感都消失了，他们开始交谈起来”(伊迪丝·华顿)
- Middle English constreinte 中古英语 constreinte
- from Old French [from feminine past participle of] constraindre * see constrain 源自 古法语 源自constraindre的阴性过去分词 * 参见 constrain
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