restrain

re·strain

R0185500 (rĭ-strān′)tr.v. re·strained, re·strain·ing, re·strains 1. a. To hold back or keep in check; control: was able restrain his emotions.b. To prevent (a person or group) from doing something or acting in a certain way: She was restrained from selling the house by her fond memories.2. To hold, fasten, or secure so as to prevent or limit movement: hair restrained by a bandana; a child restrained by a seat belt.

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[Middle English restreinen, from Old French restraindre, restreign-, from Latin restringere, to bind back; see restrict.]

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re·strain′a·ble adj.re·strain′ed·ly (-strā′nĭd-lē) adv.re·strain′er n.Synonyms: restrain, curb, check, bridle, inhibit
These verbs mean to hold back or keep under control. Restrain implies restriction or limitation, as on one's freedom of action: "a wise and frugal government, which shall restrain men from injuring one another" (Thomas Jefferson).
To curb is to restrain as if with reins: "As a teacher he was rather dull. He curbed his own enthusiasms, finding that they distracted his attention" (E.M. Forster).
Check implies arresting or stopping, often suddenly: "Knowing that Lily disliked to be caressed, she had long ago learned to check her demonstrative impulses toward her friend" (Edith Wharton).
To bridle is often to hold in or govern one's emotions or passions: I tried hard to bridle my anger. Inhibit usually connotes a check on one's actions, thoughts, or emotions: A fear of strangers inhibited his ability to travel.

restrain

(rɪˈstreɪn) vb (tr) 1. to hold (someone) back from some action, esp by force2. to deprive (someone) of liberty, as by imprisonment3. to limit or restrict[C14 restreyne, from Old French restreindre, from Latin rēstringere to draw back tightly, from re- + stringere to draw, bind; see strain¹] reˈstrainable adj

re•strain

(rɪˈstreɪn)

v.t. 1. to hold back from action; check or control; repress. 2. to deprive of liberty, as by arrest; confine. 3. to limit or hamper the activity, growth, or effect of: to restrain trade with Cuba. [1350–1400; restreynen < Middle French restreindre < Latin restringere to bind back, bind fast =re- re- + stringere to draw together; compare strain¹] re•strain′a•ble, adj. re•strain`a•bil′i•ty, n. syn: See check.

restrain

Past participle: restrained
Gerund: restraining

Imperative
restrain
restrain

Present
I restrain
you restrain
he/she/it restrains
we restrain
you restrain
they restrain

Preterite
I restrained
you restrained
he/she/it restrained
we restrained
you restrained
they restrained

Present Continuous
I am restraining
you are restraining
he/she/it is restraining
we are restraining
you are restraining
they are restraining

Present Perfect
I have restrained
you have restrained
he/she/it has restrained
we have restrained
you have restrained
they have restrained

Past Continuous
I was restraining
you were restraining
he/she/it was restraining
we were restraining
you were restraining
they were restraining

Past Perfect
I had restrained
you had restrained
he/she/it had restrained
we had restrained
you had restrained
they had restrained

Future
I will restrain
you will restrain
he/she/it will restrain
we will restrain
you will restrain
they will restrain

Future Perfect
I will have restrained
you will have restrained
he/she/it will have restrained
we will have restrained
you will have restrained
they will have restrained

Future Continuous
I will be restraining
you will be restraining
he/she/it will be restraining
we will be restraining
you will be restraining
they will be restraining

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been restraining
you have been restraining
he/she/it has been restraining
we have been restraining
you have been restraining
they have been restraining

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been restraining
you will have been restraining
he/she/it will have been restraining
we will have been restraining
you will have been restraining
they will have been restraining

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been restraining
you had been restraining
he/she/it had been restraining
we had been restraining
you had been restraining
they had been restraining

Conditional
I would restrain
you would restrain
he/she/it would restrain
we would restrain
you would restrain
they would restrain

Past Conditional
I would have restrained
you would have restrained
he/she/it would have restrained
we would have restrained
you would have restrained
they would have restrained

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	restrain - keep under control; keep in check; "suppress a smile"; "Keep your temper"; "keep your cool"keep back, hold back, keephold - keep from exhaling or expelling; "hold your breath"confine - prevent from leaving or from being removedbottle up, suppress, inhibit - control and refrain from showing; of emotions, desires, impulses, or behaviorcurb, hold in, control, moderate, contain, check, hold - lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits; "moderate your alcohol intake"; "hold your tongue"; "hold your temper"; "control your anger"
	2.	restrain - place limits on (extent or access); "restrict the use of this parking lot"; "limit the time you can spend with your friends"confine, limit, throttle, trammel, restrict, boundtighten, reduce - narrow or limit; "reduce the influx of foreigners"tie - limit or restrict to; "I am tied to UNIX"; "These big jets are tied to large airports"gate - restrict (school boys') movement to the dormitory or campus as a means of punishmentdraw a line, draw the line - reasonably object (to) or set a limit (on); "I draw the line when it comes to lending money to friends!"mark off, mark out - set boundaries to and delimit; "mark out the territory"harness, rein, rule - keep in check; "rule one's temper"baffle, regulate - check the emission of (sound)hamper, cramp, halter, strangle - prevent the progress or free movement of; "He was hampered in his efforts by the bad weather"; "the imperialist nation wanted to strangle the free trade between the two small countries"tighten up, constrain, stiffen, tighten - restrict; "Tighten the rules"; "stiffen the regulations"clamp down, crack down - repress or suppress (something regarded as undesirable); "The police clamped down on illegal drugs"inhibit - limit the range or extent of; "Contact between the young was inhibited by strict social customs"constrain, cumber, encumber, restrain - hold backcurb, hold in, control, moderate, contain, check, hold - lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits; "moderate your alcohol intake"; "hold your tongue"; "hold your temper"; "control your anger"
	3.	restrain - to close within bounds, limit or hold back from movement; "This holds the local until the express passengers change trains"; "About a dozen animals were held inside the stockade"; "The illegal immigrants were held at a detention center"; "The terrorists held the journalists for ransom"confine, holddisable, disenable, incapacitate - make unable to perform a certain action; "disable this command on your computer"tie down, tie up, truss, bind - secure with or as if with ropes; "tie down the prisoners"; "tie up the old newspapers and bring them to the recycling shed"fetter, shackle - restrain with fettersenchain - restrain or bind with chainspinion, shackle - bind the arms ofimpound, pound - place or shut up in a pound; "pound the cows so they don't stray"pound up, pound - shut up or confine in any enclosure or within any bounds or limits; "The prisoners are safely pounded"pen up, fold - confine in a fold, like sheepground - confine or restrict to the ground; "After the accident, they grounded the plane and the pilot"
	4.	restrain - hold backconstrain, cumber, encumberconfine, limit, throttle, trammel, restrain, restrict, bound - place limits on (extent or access); "restrict the use of this parking lot"; "limit the time you can spend with your friends"bridle - put a bridle on; "bridle horses"curb - keep to the curb; "curb your dogs"clog - impede the motion of, as with a chain or a burden; "horses were clogged until they were tamed"
	5.	restrain - to compel or deter by or as if by threatsintimidatedaunt, frighten away, frighten off, scare away, scare off, pall, scare, dash - cause to lose courage; "dashed by the refusal"discourage - deprive of courage or hope; take away hope from; cause to feel discouraged

restrain

verb1. hold back, hold, control, check, contain, prevent, restrict, handicap, confine, curb, hamper, rein, harness, subdue, hinder, constrain, curtail, bridle, debar, keep under control, have on a tight leash, straiten He grabbed my arm, partly to restrain me.
hold back help, encourage, assist, incite, urge on, gee up2. control, keep in, limit, govern, suppress, inhibit, repress, muzzle, keep under control She was unable to restrain her desperate anger.3. imprison, hold, arrest, jail, bind, chain, confine, detain, tie up, lock up, fetter, manacle, pinion Police restrained her on July 28.
imprison free, release, liberate

restrain

verbTo control, restrict, or arrest:bit, brake, bridle, check, constrain, curb, hold, hold back, hold down, hold in, inhibit, keep, keep back, pull in, rein (back, in, or up).

Translations

抑制

restrain

(rəˈstrein) verb to prevent from doing something; to control. He was so angry he could hardly restrain himself; He had to be restrained from hitting the man; He restrained his anger with difficulty. 克制 抑制reˈstrained adjective controlling, or able to control, one's feelings. (能)克制的 可抑制的