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单词 restrict
释义
restrictre‧strict /rɪˈstrɪkt/ ●●○ W3 AWL verb [transitive] Word Origin
WORD ORIGINrestrict
Origin:
1400-1500 Latin past participle of restringere; RESTRAIN
Verb Table
VERB TABLE
restrict
Simple Form
PresentI, you, we, theyrestrict
he, she, itrestricts
PastI, you, he, she, it, we, theyrestricted
Present perfectI, you, we, theyhave restricted
he, she, ithas restricted
Past perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad restricted
FutureI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill restrict
Future perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have restricted
Continuous Form
PresentIam restricting
he, she, itis restricting
you, we, theyare restricting
PastI, he, she, itwas restricting
you, we, theywere restricting
Present perfectI, you, we, theyhave been restricting
he, she, ithas been restricting
Past perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad been restricting
FutureI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill be restricting
Future perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have been restricting
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • Can the school board restrict teachers' rights to express their views?
  • Many cities have restricted smoking in public places.
  • McGregor has said he will voluntarily restrict himself to $2.2 million in campaign spending.
  • The law would restrict the sale of handguns.
  • This year's AIDS conference is restricted in size to fewer than 3,000 participants.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • In view of this, the committee stressed the need to restrict the availability of highly hazardous pesticides.
  • Most clairvoyants restrict themselves to the pictures for divination.
  • That move means he can ignore federal spending caps that restrict the ability of other candidates to match his ubiquitous broadcast ads.
Thesaurus
Longman Language Activatorto put a limit on something
to stop a number or amount from becoming too large, or stop someone from doing whatever they want: · The new law limits the number of foreign cars that can be imported.· Men hold most of the top jobs, and this limits women's opportunities for promotion.limit somebody/something to something: · Let's limit our discussion to the facts in the report.limit yourself to something: · As you look for material to write about, don't limit yourself to other people's ideas.
to strictly control and limit the size, amount, or range of something: · The law would restrict the sale of handguns.restrict somebody/something to something: · This year's AIDS conference is restricted in size to fewer than 3,000 participants.restrict yourself to something: · McGregor has said he will voluntarily restrict himself to $2.2 million in campaign spending.
to control the size or amount of something, or to control an activity, by deciding what the limits of it will be: set/impose/put a limit on: · Governments should put strict limits on tobacco advertising.· The courts have imposed limits on school officials' power to dismiss teachers.set/impose a limit of something: · The president set a time limit of 6 months for the negotiations to produce an agreement.set/impose a limit: · Parents need to know when to set limits for their children's behavior.
if you keep to or keep within the limits of something, you make yourself stay within those limits: · We need to keep to the schedule if we're going to finish on time.· Keep within the speed limit and you should have no problems.
to keep something within the limits of a particular activity or subject, especially when it is difficult for you to do this: confine somebody/something to something: · Rebel troops have confined their attacks mainly to the southern part of the country.confine yourself to something: · The report confines itself to known and verifiable facts.
to decide on the limit of something, especially something that often changes, and make it stay the same for a long time: · Interest rates for savings accounts have been fixed at 7% for the rest of the year.· The project has finally been approved and the budget has been fixed.
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
(=stop someone taking part in something)· Tariffs on trade have the effect of restricting entry into the market.
(=limit or control them)· The government threatened to restrict exports because of weak demand.
(=reduce or put a limit on them)· The scheme aims to control imports of cheap goods.
(=limit someone's liberty)· Will the new security measures infringe on our liberty?
· The amount you will have to pay is limited to 10% of the total.
(=make movement more difficult)· Clothes should not be so tight that they restrict your movement.
· The law is quite limited in scope.
· Access to the power station has always been severely restricted.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB
· The implied term imposing an obligation on the employee after the termination of his employment was more restricted.· A system of guaranteed successions did exist, but was much more restricted in its scope.· Inevitably they have more restricted clinical skills than those who practise full time.· But in other respects, government bodies are more restricted.· Naturally, when Conservatives are in office, the opportunities for meetings between backbenchers and party leaders are more restricted.· Evidence for traders associated with the food market and with the provision of accommodation for travellers is even more restricted.
· Nor will the legal guarantee of freedom of speech be of much use if access to the mass media is severely restricted.· The variety of genetic and morphological forms is severely restricted.· And now Lord Chancellor Lord MacKay has warned that spending cuts are likely to severely restrict the amount of aid available.· Victorian women wore severely restricting corsets to achieve an hourglass shape.· Most Western governments ban or severely restrict the chemical.· She went on dialysis and discovered her life as a high school physical education teacher and athlete would be severely restricted.· A quarter of the world's population lives in countries in which abortion is severely restricted or is defined as a crime.· At the moment nationalised industries are severely restricted in the way they borrow money.
· Rooted plants are restricted to within a depth of 3 m around the shore.· In Britain at the moment, most shared space is restricted to very small areas immediately in front of small groups of houses.· Much political theorising was therefore restricted to explicitly normative, though often very sophisticated, comparisons of different forms of elite rule.· Once to be found along much of the coast, it is now restricted to relatively small areas.· Sections 2-3 are expressly restricted to legally enforceable liabilities.· Alternatively, regional preferences would dominate the findings if the survey was restricted to only one of these regions.· The music in the above example has breadth and serenity because harmonic change is restricted to only two chords a bar.· In an area restricted to just 15,200 hectares farmers would be offered compensation to reduce fertiliser inputs.
NOUN
· These shortages will effectively restrict their ability to meet the demand for their products or services.· That move means he can ignore federal spending caps that restrict the ability of other candidates to match his ubiquitous broadcast ads.· A cash limit is also applied to nationalized industries to restrict their ability to borrow from sources other than the government.· Our concern restricts their ability to fend for themselves.· It is not helpful because it restricts ability to play with the full face of the bat.· Moreover, the covenant went on to restrict the defendant's ability to accept any professional appointment.· In fact, their relations with the parties they serve sharply restrict their ability to tackle controversial topics.· They would also severely restrict the board's ability to make acquisitions.
· It was also important to restrict access to secondary education.· Thomases role was in restricting investigators access to his papers.· The Parkins' house stood in a drive marked at the entrance with a notice restricting access to residents only.· Only by driving down the restricted and guarded government access road leading to the site can one see the valley of antennas.· Western scientists were not allowed on the scene then, and for many months afterwards had only restricted access.· The CyberArcade uses monitoring software to restrict computer access to inappropriate, adult-oriented Web sites.· Internet Explorer and Netscape, for example, can restrict access according to a rating system.· But some states have restricted access to medications.
· A host state may restrict the activities of a financial institution as far as it is justified by the general good.· They often had to be restricted in their activities or confined to quarters under police guard for their own protection.· The ducks that lived on the island in that lake didn't restrict their activities to the park.· It lists a number of restricted activities, most of them reasonable -- at least on the surface.· Not all of those with a long standing illness report that it restricts their activity.· Some of the larger service providers tend to restrict the activities of users on the Internet from their networks.· Those who have experienced a fall often restrict their activities.
· Individual claims will be restricted by a minimum amount.· Twenty three states have passed term limits legislation restricting the amount of time their congressional members may serve.· And now Lord Chancellor Lord MacKay has warned that spending cuts are likely to severely restrict the amount of aid available.· Turns reduce velocity and restrict the amount of air that gets to the register.· The size of the room restricted the amount of furniture that would fit in the room.· It is normal to restrict both the amounts involved and the timescale for seeking redress.· Some restrict the amount of mail you can store, or the size of attachments you can send and receive.· He is restricted in the amount of travel allowed to him since most ferret lines are only 12 yards long.
· On the economic front Taubira-Delannon was in favour of restricting the areas where gold-washing is authorised.· Since then, jet skis have been restricted in dozens of areas.· But the phenomenon is not restricted to that area.· His presence in restricted areas had aroused the anxiety of the Soviets.· To prevent your club becoming too large, restrict its catchment area.· In Britain at the moment, most shared space is restricted to very small areas immediately in front of small groups of houses.· Planning laws had been tightened to restrict building in high-risk areas.· Once to be found along much of the coast, it is now restricted to relatively small areas.
· In addition, the analysis is restricted to the case of no recall of offers received in previous periods.· Policy factors which restrict liability in negligence cases do not apply in intentional torts.· This is usually restricted to obvious cases of man-machine interaction such as the design of displays, controls and work-spaces.· In some systems the input script is restricted to upper case unconnected letters, or lower case unconnected characters.· This principle might not be restricted to cases of misconduct or lack of capability.
· Second, that by impeding the market mechanism it may restrict consumer choice.· The disadvantages of the food cooperative are restricted food choices and the inconveniences of a do-it-yourself operation.· Religion is not particularly helpful, because it restricts choice by imposing on everybody one path to happiness and protection from suffering.· There are many factors which can restrict the choice and ordering of themes in translation.· Any member state may also restrict the choice of model available.· Any well-structured course can build in progression where necessary and if it so wishes restrict the choice of menu on offer.· They restrict opportunities for choice, experiment and innovation, which are as much needed in education as in any other field.· Few would doubt that the rise of government has produced economic inefficiency and restricted the freedom of choice.
· Because of the increased risk due to the speeds of which these vessels are capable the clause restricts the cover granted substantially.· He sued baseball for changes in the reserve clause that restricted player movement and was for ever blackballed.
· We all complained bitterly when it looked as though Adobe was restricting the development of PostScript and keeping the market to itself.· If we attempt to restrict development without ensuring access for local people, the result will be to force them out.· Indeed any attempt to relate them prematurely to reality may restrict the development of the model.· On the other hand, if they restrict development, this may force up house prices and exclude lower-income local inhabitants anyway.· Moreover, if the housing market were to weaken, withdrawal of private funds could restrict development.
· Not tightly enough to restrict the blood flow, but sufficient to make her long to be able to stretch.· By then, the critical decision had been taken to restrict the flow of refugee children into Britain.· A recent decision tightening up the laws relating to overseas players will greatly restrict the flow of foreigners to Ireland.· Wear loose clothing Avoid tight socks or stockings that restrict the flow of blood.
· In addition, they promote fast-track, prefabricated building techniques that further restrict the architect's freedom.· Critics say some of those provisions unfairly restrict freedom of speech.· I put it to Assemblyman Keene that this weakened the bill, and restricted the freedom of action of patients and doctors.· Limited partners have very restricted freedom of financial action.· Are we restricting the freedom of the individual?· Legislation restricting freedom of bequest is found in a number of countries.· In what ways did the Persian Empire restrict the freedom of its subjects?· After all, the confines of a narrow road restrict a person's freedom.
· From the 1970s onwards governments restricted aggregate demand by a variety of means.· In this country, the government can not restrict where people can live on the basis of race or ethnicity.· Most Western governments ban or severely restrict the chemical.· Only if public order appeared to be on the verge of breaking down would the government contemplate restricting political liberty.· But the growth of non-elected local government is not restricted to these centrally inspired creations.· Furthermore, legislation of the Thatcher government has increasingly restricted the operation of the closed shop.· But in other respects, government bodies are more restricted.
· But where there is a desire to restrict rates of population growth, the goal maybe fewer than three.· Since they probably feed on algae, a method of control would be to restrict the growth of algae.· She describes her study of human chromosomal mutations, working, for example, with children with restricted growth.· Tests have shown them to restrict growth and cause mutations in micro-organisms.· The effects of labour shortages and the appreciating currency was not restricted to the growth rate and investment activity.
· To the mining firms he has pledged to remove the laws restricting arsenic in drinking water.· Demagogic governments sometimes paint foreigners as scapegoats, leading to nationalization or laws restricting foreign investment.· Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and Michigan all passed laws to restrict benefits and introduce time limits.· Current law restricts them to those with middle incomes and below.· Disquiet grew and, on 11 February 1911, the ever-appeasing government brought in tougher laws restricting the use of Aube grapes.· By the turn of the century virtually every State had a law prohibiting or restricting abortion on its books.· Liberties were conferred on cities, in order that feudal laws should not restrict trade and other important aspects of mercantile power.· The law also restricts extra payments to shareholders named in class actions.
· The employment protection legislation operates to restrict the grounds on which an employer can terminate the contract of employment with impunity.· Twenty three states have passed term limits legislation restricting the amount of time their congressional members may serve.· The legislation sought to restrict picketing of a place of work to those who were employed there.· Clinton vetoes legislation restricting securitiesfraud lawsuits.· In June 1990, legislation had been passed restricting the right to strike in the public services.· Mr Coleman promised he would not push for legislation which would severely restrict abortion in Virginia.· The Education Bill of 1987 is the first ever piece of legislation to restrict the powers of local education authorities.· He has stated that, as Governor of New Jersey, he would not push for legislation to restrict abortion drastically.
· Policy factors which restrict liability in negligence cases do not apply in intentional torts.· Clauses which seek to exclude or restrict liability for misrepresentation are regulated by s3 of the Misrepresentation Act 1967.· Sections 2-3 are expressly restricted to legally enforceable liabilities.
· This is especially true of open reservoirs, less so on established pits or lakes where bankside vegetation restricts movement.· Travis, his former squadron commander, because of an order restricting his movements on the 314-acre base on Point Loma.· Susan wore a high-shouldered gold tube of a dress with a tall collar which restricted the movement of her neck.· He sued baseball for changes in the reserve clause that restricted player movement and was for ever blackballed.· The oscilloscope graph of both voices was flattened in the lower register: tension was restricting the movement of their vocal chords.· Compulsory labour involves working at a site designated by the authorities, where prisoners are under surveillance and restricted in their movements.· Her plumpness never restricted her movements.· We restricted this to vertical movement, because it is more difficult to record horizontal movement accurately.
· The firm says Sun is restricting the number of Sparcstation 10s that will be available over there to just 400 this year.· On the other hand, the vendor should seek to restrict the number of exemptions.· Delta says it has restricted the number of charter memberships to make sure participants have ready access to the discounted fares.· The number of stator teeth is restricted by the numbers of phases and rotor teeth.· Traditionally, particularly if a company was unionized, workers have been restricted in the number of jobs they could perform.· As well as realism, tactical prudence restricts the number of candidates they present.· If you want large heads, restrict the number of shoots per plant to three.
· It is argued that the measures would restrict training and job opportunities.· It does not make sense to restrict valuable opportunities due to poor performance in school.· The number of people taking part in the sport was restricted by money, opportunity and desire.· Moreover, the doctrine of sovereign immunity generally restricts opportunities for recovery of compensation against the government.· But in doing so they must not restrict the opportunities for one gender or racial group.· They restrict opportunities for choice, experiment and innovation, which are as much needed in education as in any other field.
· Those who prefer limited, selective superficial policies exert pressure to restrict the scope of the categories.· New policies numerically restricting immigration were in the making.· They accused Clinton of using moralistic language to cloak protectionist policies aimed at restricting imports from Third World countries.· The policy was to restrict planning permissions for new house building to about 70 dwellings perannum.· He responded with policies that restricted the franchise and gave the governor power to manipulate the composition of the lower legislative house.
· It is a widespread phenomenon, not restricted to nuclear power or genetic engineering.· House-passed measures restricting the power of the federal government to regulate health, safety and environment also stalled in the Senate.· The tenant's adviser should seek to restrict the power to the making of reasonable regulations.· Rent strikes secured state intervention to restrict the power of private landlords.· By restricting the power of the elected government, the president hopes to prevent problems from erupting into full-blown crises.· The Education Bill of 1987 is the first ever piece of legislation to restrict the powers of local education authorities.
· In the case of majority voting, we have already seen one line of approach - to restrict the range of preferences.· Even though these recordings are restricted in range, the sound is more grateful.· Despite this apparent stratification, certain groups of plants are very restricted in their range of pollinators.· You can blame our boring suppliers for the restricted range in the shops.
· On August 13 parliament passed an amendment to the code of criminal procedure restricting the rights of those remanded in custody.· This law, however, went much further than necessary, broadly restricting the First Amendment right of political expression.· The bill also allows the Lord Chancellor to restrict the automatic right of appeal to the Court of Appeal.· On the legislative, judicial and administrative levels, there has been a tidal wave of movement to restrict inmates' rights.· Such an approach also applies to product guarantees which attempt to exclude or restrict the consumer's rights.· Can a school board ever restrict teachers' rights to publicize their views?· The rhetoric of socialism claims to enhance rights, but the practice of socialism invariably extinguishes and restricts peoples' rights.
· The arbitrary rule restricting profit to a 10% margin applying to service companies would not operate.· They therefore developed a number of rules to restrict reliance on exclusion clauses.· Secondly, there are rules restricting rights of audience.
· Concurrent is also restricting its sales focus to seven vertical markets to maintain its profits.· Unlike a few states, such as Maryland and Virginia, California does not restrict handgun sales to one weapon a month.· It is also considering requiring most league clubs to restrict the sale of away tickets to visiting teams' membership clubs.· In August the Moscow authorities restricted the sale to non-residents of scarce goods, following similar decisions in other cities.· A first step must be to restrict any military hardware sales to defensive weapons.· Occasionally, housing policies in local areas have attempted to restrict the sale of houses to local inhabitants.
· Those who prefer limited, selective superficial policies exert pressure to restrict the scope of the categories.· A system of guaranteed successions did exist, but was much more restricted in its scope.· The statutory provision is restricted in scope.· Is it restricted in its scope to words spoken?· This is because, as we have seen, judicial review is not restricted in its scope to governmental bodies.
· A host state may restrict the activities of a financial institution as far as it is justified by the general good.· And new state regulations restrict some of the most odious insurance practices.· Rent strikes secured state intervention to restrict the power of private landlords.· Coalition members maintain that the state should instead restrict commercial traffic on the highway.· Any member state may also restrict the choice of model available.· But some states have restricted access to medications.· The welfare state was restricted, and many workers' protections were stripped out in the name of free enterprise.· Since 1989 conservatives on the court have given states more latitude to restrict the conditions under which women terminate pregnancies.
· Scarlet was enormously prestigious: the thirteenth-century sumptuary laws of the kingdom of Castile and Leon restricted its use to the king.· In fact, local governments had very few incentives to restrict the use of IRBs.· The Palau Constitution restricts the use, disposal, and testing of nuclear and other weapons in Palau.· They have, after all, been traditionally concerned with restricting the use of weapons which are considered indiscriminate or inhumane.· Adverse reactions between foreign or prosthetic surfaces and blood components are the pre-eminent factors restricting the use of certain biomaterials.· These systems may have to be restricted to passive use based on the extraction of information in well-defined forms.· Difficulties of access and physical arrangement restrict their use at present.· Disquiet grew and, on 11 February 1911, the ever-appeasing government brought in tougher laws restricting the use of Aube grapes.
VERB
· Clauses which seek to exclude or restrict liability for misrepresentation are regulated by s3 of the Misrepresentation Act 1967.· Such an approach also applies to product guarantees which attempt to exclude or restrict the consumer's rights.
· On the other hand, the vendor should seek to restrict the number of exemptions.· Clauses which seek to exclude or restrict liability for misrepresentation are regulated by s3 of the Misrepresentation Act 1967.· The tenant's adviser should seek to restrict the power to the making of reasonable regulations.
· Families with children tend to be restricted, for their main holiday, to one of the three main school breaks.· Some of the larger service providers tend to restrict the activities of users on the Internet from their networks.· They tend to restrict the causes of criminality to hereditary characteristics and overlook the effects of environmental influences and cultural traditions.
Phrases
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY
  • But some states have restricted access to medications.
  • Even if you have restricted access to kids-only Internet sites and chat rooms, kids can still do it.
  • Note, we do not restrict player A to use a linear strategy.
  • Scarlet was enormously prestigious: the thirteenth-century sumptuary laws of the kingdom of Castile and Leon restricted its use to the king.
  • She spent time with her friends and restricted herself to ten minutes on the perfection of Lucy.
  • The funds do not, in practice, restrict themselves to big companies.
  • We ow restrict our attention to simple pencils, where symmetric or not.
Word family
WORD FAMILYadjectiverestrictedunrestirctedrestrictivenounrestrictionverbrestrict
1to limit or control the size, amount, or range of something:  The new law restricts the sale of hand guns. You may need to restrict access to certain files (=limit the number of people who can read them). The agreement will restrict competition.restrict something to something In future we will restrict class sizes to 20 students.2to limit someone’s actions or movements:  The cramped living conditions severely restricted the children’s freedom to play.3restrict yourself/somebody to (doing) something to allow yourself to have or do only a particular thing or amount of something:  I’m restricting myself to two cigarettes a day.
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