constraint
- 英式英标[kən\'strent]
- 美式音标[kən\'streɪnt]
英文词源
- constraint (n.)
- late 14c., "distress, oppression," from Old French constreinte "binding, constraint, compulsion" (Modern French contrainte), fem. noun from constreint, past participle of constreindre, from Vulgar Latin *constrinctus, from Latin constrictus (see constrain). Meaning "coercion, compulsion" is from 1530s.
实用例句
- 1. Water shortages in the area will be the main constraint on development.
- 水资源匮乏将是制约该地区发展的一个主要因素。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. He felt constraint in her presence.
- 他在她面前显得局促不安.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 3. We obeyed, but under constraint.
- 我们服从了, 然而是被迫的.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 4. The boy felt constraint in her presence.
- 那男孩在她面前感到局促不安.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- 5. We felt a little constraint with the new teacher for the first day or so.
- 在开头一两天,我们对新教师感到有点拘束.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
