| 释义 | self-restraintˌself-reˈstraint noun [uncountable]    If you practice self-restraint and moderation, you should be able to stay on your diet.
 Buddha established his belief system built around the principles of self-restraint and caring for the poor.But it is not generally the stuff that appears on television, where self-restraint has become the norm.Indeed, the research community's self-restraint may have been carried too far.It faces several more years of economic self-restraint, with no real easing in prospect until the second half of the 1990s.With great self-restraint, he did not grab the rod from his friend's hand.
► exercise/practise self-restraintthe ability to stop yourself doing or saying something, even though you want to, because it is more sensible not to do or say itexercise/practise self-restraint The UN appealed for both sides to exercise self-restraint.  The UN appealed for both sides to exercise self-restraint. |