restrain

verb

1. （尤指用武力）制止，阻止，管制
   to stop sb/sth from doing sth, especially by using physical force
   1. The prisoner had to be restrained by the police.
      警察只好强行制住囚犯。
   2. They have obtained an injunction restraining the company from selling the product.
      他们已经得到阻止这家公司出售这一产品的禁销令。
   3. He placed a restraining hand on her arm.
      他拉住她的胳膊制止她。
2. 约束（自己）；控制（自己）；忍住
   to stop yourself from feeling an emotion or doing sth that you would like to do
   1. John managed to restrain his anger.
      约翰努力压制住自己的怒气。
   2. She had to restrain herself from crying out in pain.
      她只得忍住疼痛，不哭出来。
3. 抑制；控制
   to stop sth that is growing or increasing from becoming too large
   1. The government is taking steps to restrain inflation.
      政府正在采取措施控制通货膨胀。

1. VERB 制止;阻止
   If you restrain someone, you stop them from doing what they intended or wanted to do, usually by using your physical strength.
   1. Wally gripped my arm, partly to restrain me and partly to reassure me...
      沃利抓住我的手臂，一是想制止我，二是想稳住我。
   2. One onlooker had to be restrained by police.
      一个旁观者遭到了警察的制止。
2. VERB 克制(情绪);抑制（自己）
   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.
   1. She was unable to restrain her desperate anger...
      她无法控制自己极度的愤怒。
   2. Unable to restrain herself, she rose and went to the phone...
      她没能克制住自己，起身走向电话。
   3. Gladys wanted to ask, 'Aren't you angry with him?' But she restrained herself from doing so.
      格拉迪丝想问，“你不生他的气吗？”但她忍住没问。
3. VERB 抑制;限制;控制
   To restrain something that is growing or increasing means to prevent it from getting too large.
   1. The radical 500-day plan was very clear on how it intended to try to restrain inflation...
      这个为期500天的激进计划明确阐明将如何控制通货膨胀。
   2. In the 1970s, the government tried to restrain corruption.
      在20世纪70年代，政府曾经试图打击腐败。

1. Wally gripped my arm, partly to restrain me and partly to reassure me
   沃利抓住我的手臂，一是想制止我，二是想稳住我。
2. One onlooker had to be restrained by police.
   一个旁观者遭到了警察的制止。
3. She was unable to restrain her desperate anger
   她无法控制自己极度的愤怒。
4. Unable to restrain herself, she rose and went to the phone
   她没能克制住自己，起身走向电话。
5. Gladys wanted to ask, 'Aren't you angry with him?' But she restrained herself from doing so.
   格拉迪丝想问，“你不生他的气吗？”但她忍住没问。
6. In the 1970s, the government tried to restrain corruption.
   在20世纪70年代，政府曾经试图打击腐败。
7. She can hardly restrain herself.
   她几乎克制不住自己。
8. She shouldn't restrain her anger at this insensible attitude of theirs.
   对他们这种无动于衷的态度，她抑制不住心头的怒火。
9. They couldn't restrain their excitement.
   他们无法抑制自己的激动。
10. Teachers should restrain themselves so as to set a good example.
    教师应当躬行自律，以垂范学生。
11. He was so angry that he could hardly restrain himself.
    他非常生气，难以克制。
12. You'd better restrain yourself a little or you'll come to grief.
    你还是忍耐一点儿吧，否则要吃亏的。
13. The end of law is not abolish or restrain, but to preserve and enlarge freedom.
    法律的目的不是废除或约束而是维护并扩大自由。
14. Self-Discipline – The ability to control and restrain impulses.
    自律&控制并抑制自己冲动的能力。
15. Ca-propionate was used as antiseptic agent to restrain growth of bacteria and mold.
    并通过添加丙酸钙作为防腐剂有效抑制了细菌和霉菌的生长。
16. At the same time auditing system restrain the development of effectiveness auditing.
    同时现有的审计体制制约了绩效审计的发展。
17. I freedom-loving. I dislike restrain, So I led an easy and happy life.
    我热爱自由，我讨厌拘束，因此我过着安逸和快乐的生活。
18. How to restrain the effect from harmful electromagnetic radiation into computers?
    抑制有害电磁辐射对计算机的影响？
19. He could not restrain his intense wish to speak to her.
    他抑制不住想和她说话的强烈愿望。
20. The results show that this method can effectively restrain the over-segmentation of traditional watershed algorithm.
    实验结果表明，该方法和传统分水岭算法相比较，能有效地抑制过分割。
21. Policies that restrain prices, volume, or access to new technologies and new drugs are not in place.
    政策，抑制价格，体积，或利用新的技术和新的药物不到位。
22. He praised India and China's efforts to start withdrawing monetary stimulus to restrain demand.
    他称赞了印度和中国开始撤销货币刺激政策以抑制需求的努力。
23. Xianggui pill can restrain significantly the growth of allotopia intima tissue, and has apparently adjustment to the cytokine.
    香桂丸可显著抑制异位内膜组织的生长，并对细胞因子有明显的调节作用。
24. You feel you have to accommodate, you have to restrain yourself from the coffee.
    你觉得你要包容，你要克制自己的咖啡。
25. Then the restrain is get rid of, as a result, a basic feasible solution can be obtained.
    然后再去掉该约束，结果却可得到一个基可行解。
26. But, exerting oneself to restrain anger can only aggravate the feeling.
    但是，努力遏制愤怒只会加剧愤怒的感受。
27. Couldn't restrain my anger, I beat him.
    抑制不住内心的愤怒，我打了他几下。
28. A system is usually established to restrain and normalize the relationship among people.
    制度是人与人之间关系的一种约束和规范，对制度进行主客体分析具有重大启示。
29. I know I often have to restrain myself from joining in.
    我知道我经常不得不克制自己加入战斗的欲望。

  refrain check curb inhibit restrain【导航词义：阻止】

  refrain v. 〈正式〉克制，抑制

〔辨析〕指忍住不做某事，常后接介词 from。

  check v. 克制，阻碍，抑制

〔辨析〕指因意识到不对而忍住不做某事或克制感情，也指阻止不好的事情恶化或继续发生。

  curb v. 控制，抑制

〔辨析〕指为了防止造成有害的影响而控制或约束某事物。

  inhibit v. 阻止，抑制

〔辨析〕指妨碍某事物发展。

  restrain v. 阻止，克制，抑制

〔辨析〕含义广泛，常指以武力阻止某人做某事，也指克制情绪、行为或控制、限制某事物。

verb

1. place limits on (extent or access)
   1. restrict the use of this parking lot
   2. limit the time you can spend with your friends

   Synonym:    restricttrammellimitboundconfinethrottle

2. hold back

   Synonym:    encumbercumberconstrain

3. to close within bounds, limit or hold back from movement
   1. This holds the local until the express passengers change trains
   2. About a dozen animals were held inside the stockade
   3. The illegal immigrants were held at a detention center
   4. The terrorists held the journalists for ransom

   Synonym:    confinehold

4. to compel or deter by or as if by threats

   Synonym:    intimidate

5. keep under control
   1. suppress a smile
   2. Keep your temper
   3. keep your cool

   Synonym:    keepkeep backhold back