restrain[ri'strein]

• vt.
  • 抑制，遏制；克制；控制:

    She was so angry that she could hardly restrain herself.

    她气得几乎控制不了自己。

    I restrained tears with difficulty.

    我好不容易才忍住了眼泪。

  • 约束；限制 ；阻止(常与of，from 连用)：

    We must not restrain children of their liberty.

    我们绝对不要限制孩子们的自由。

    He was going to fight with the stranger but his mother restrained him.

    他要同陌生人打起来，但被他的母亲所阻止。

  • 监禁；拘留，扣押:

    The murderer has been restrained.

    凶手已被押起来。

• 近义词:

  curb.check.bridle.inhibit