constrain

• vt. 驱使；强迫；束缚

1. hold back

2. restrict;

"Tighten the rules"

"stiffen the regulations"

compel, force, constrain, oblige

这些动词均含"迫使"之意。

compel： 指在法律、权力、力量或行动等的驱使下被迫而为。

force： 指用个人意志、权力、权威或暴力等，迫使他人改变看法或做本不愿做的事。

constrain： 侧重施加约束力或有约束作用的影响，也指环境对人强加的影响迫使人去做某事，尤指受良心、情感等内在力量驱使去做某事。

oblige： 指由于生理上或道德上的需要，促使某人做某事，也指有权威的人或机构迫使某人做某事，还可指在特定情况下被迫作出的反应。

A lack of formal education, however, doesn't constrain the ability of the developing world's workforce to substantially improve productivity for the forested future.

出自-2009年考研阅读原文

Here, Darwinism seems to offer justification for it all humans share common origins it seems reasonable to suppose that cultural diversity could also be traced to more constrained beginnings.

出自-2012年考研翻译原文

A lack of formal education, however, doesn't constrain the ability of the developing world's workforce to substantially improve productivity for the foreseeable future.

2009年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

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。

牛津词典

Research has been constrained by a lack of funds.

研究工作因经费不足而受限制。

牛津词典

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。

牛津词典

For some reason he felt constrained to lower his voice.

不知怎么的，他觉得自己必须得压低声音。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Women are too often constrained by family commitments and by low expectations...

女性往往受到家庭责任和低期望值的束缚。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

How can we produce top-class engineers when universities are constrained to offer salaries that can only attract mediocre staff?...

大学的财力有限，提供的薪酬仅能吸引水平一般的教师，在这种情况下，我们如何能培养出一流的工程师？

柯林斯高阶英语词典

She tried to constrain herself from a cough in class.

上课时她竭力忍住不咳嗽.

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This study uses geochemistry tracing to constrain on provenance of bronzes from Heying archaeological site.

本文利用地球化学示踪的方法对何郢遗址出土青铜器的铜矿料来源进行了初步研究.

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At the platform level, we didn't want to constrain it to a certain model.

在系统平台的层次上, 我们不想限定为某种模式.

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No , what constrain me are the social consequences of speaking certain taboos.

真正让我压抑的是谈话中种种禁忌其深远的社会影响.

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A strong magnetic field can constrain electrons to move only along the field lines.

强磁场可约束电子使之只能沿着场力线运动.

辞典例句

On the economic front , the oversized income disparity can constrain social consumption, thereby affecting economic development.

在经济上, 收入差距过大会制约社会消费需要,引起消费不足, 从而影响经济的发展.

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This condition would obviously constrain an employer's selection of new workers.

这一条件将对企业遴选新员工构成明显的约束.

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Since fixtures rely on contacts to constrain wor kp piece effect of friction should be considered.

夹具依靠与工件的接触来约束工件,必须考虑二者之间的摩擦力.

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Further increases to bank reserve requirements make sense in order to constrain the growth of credit.

为了控制信贷增长,有理由进一步提高银行存款准备金率.

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Now, there are suggestions the shortages may constrain economic growth too.

现在, 有人认为电力短缺可能也将制约经济增长.

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The police used horses to constrain the crowd from violence.

警察骑着马阻止那群人诉诸暴力.

《简明英汉词典》

A template can constrain the range of allowable numbers for attributes values by numbers.

模板可以约束属性概念的允许代码值.

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Mr Hatoyama calls it " an idea which I want to constrain "

鸠山先生称之为 “ 我想要强制推行的一个主意 ”

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At the moment of enplaning no longer constrain a string of yearning tears from sliding down.

登上飞机的一刹那,一串思念的泪水止不住地滑落.

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They are accused of conspiring to constrain trade.

他们被指责共同谋求进行贸易限制.

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These tastes and incomes constrain how the quantity demand will react to changes in price.

这些偏好和收入制约了数量的需求怎样对价格的变动作出反应.

辞典例句

We can also constrain a comparison with a given value.

我们也可以添加针对给定值进行比较的约束.

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Professional codes of conduct will constrain individuals.

专业行为准则将对个人进行限制.

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The vulnerable infrastructural facilities are the bottlenecks that constrain the economic development in Wulin Mountain Areas.

摘要基础设施薄弱是制约武陵山区经济发展的瓶颈.

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Railroad tracks might constrain the ability of a community to integrate its social life.

铁路轨道的铺设的多寡可能对于一个社群融入更大范围的社会生活,产生约束性的影响.

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We must use modern administrative concepts and Methods: To regulate and constrain the administrative encouragement.

对行政奖励进行法律规范和制约,必须适用现代行政法治理念和方法.

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A fallen bridge might constrain your ability to get across a river.

一座坍塌的大桥可能对你过河的能力产生约束.

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con-, 强调。-str, 拉长，拉紧，词源同strict,strain.

1. The police used horses to constrain the crowd from violence.

警察骑着马阻止那群人诉诸暴力.

来自《简明英汉词典》

2. It's the capacity of those roads which is going to constrain the amount of travel by car that can take place.

制约驾车出行量的将会是那些道路的通行能力。

来自柯林斯例句

3. If they can, constrain him to belong to their desperate odd - fellow society.

要是可能, 还要强迫他参加他们无可救药的畸形社会.

来自辞典例句

4. As with dragging, a meta - key is often used to constrain the direction of a resize interaction.

和拖动一样, 元键在这里也可以用来约束调整尺寸操作的方向.

来自About Face 3交互设计精髓

5. A strong magnetic field can constrain electrons to move only along the field lines.

强磁场可约束电子使之只能沿着场力线运动.

来自辞典例句

constrain

constrain: see strain

constrain (v.)

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 com- "together" (see com-) + stringere "to draw tight" (see strain (v.)). Related: Constrained; constraining.