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单词 restriction
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Definition of restriction in English:

restriction

noun rɪˈstrɪkʃ(ə)nrəˈstrɪkʃ(ə)n
often restrictions
  • 1A limiting condition or measure, especially a legal one.

    planning restrictions on commercial development
    Example sentencesExamples
    • There are no legal restrictions on who can marry except for marriages between close relatives.
    • There were significant restrictions on the freedom of individuals to question or reject church doctrine.
    • Prices are not guaranteed, but imports are constrained by levies and restrictions.
    • It would be more difficult to introduce the restrictions later, having first learned the game without them.
    • He examines how campaigns work and what restrictions are placed on them by legislation and public opinion.
    • One feature that is absent from current regulation is any general restriction on campaign expenditure.
    • Before you apply for any new savings account, check the terms and conditions for any catches or restrictions.
    • Then in the 1970's travel restrictions were eased and she was able to come to the United States.
    • There are ten of us, and we are the ones that look over every new law and restriction that the government proposes.
    • In rural areas, women must contend with cultural and legal restrictions on health care.
    • The movement's main thrust, however, was to seek legislative restriction of the liquor traffic.
    • Legal restrictions on who could buy a book, visit a museum, hear a concert were gradually lifted.
    • Are restrictions imposed on foreign nationals opening a bank account?
    • It also means that you can now apply for credit without the restrictions a bankruptcy order imposes.
    • Often the speed restrictions in rural villages extend out into the countryside.
    • A recent form of regulatory water-use restriction is the imposition of specific water-use technologies in building codes.
    • Aren't free markets supposed to need a free flow of capital and labour, and not restrictions of labour mobility?
    • This restriction is not law, there is no regulation maintaining secrecy of the discussions in the room.
    • No aquatic herbicide is currently approved for submerged weed control that does not place some restriction on the use of the treated water.
    • To make matters worse, fuel shortages put restrictions on how far people could travel.
    Synonyms
    reduction, limitation, diminution, curtailment, cutback, cut, scaling down
    1. 1.1mass noun The limitation or control of someone or something, or the state of being restricted.
      the restriction of local government power
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Where the risk is assessed as not high, quarantine restriction will apply for 21 days with regular veterinary visits undertaken.
      • Agreements which have as their object or effect the prevention, restriction or distortion of competition within the common market are prohibited.
      • The question then is whether these three potential markers for ageing linked to calorie restriction also apply to humans.
      • This process of simplification and hybridization involves reduction of linguistic resources and restriction of use to such limited functions as trade.
      Synonyms
      limitation, limit, constraint, control, check, curb
      regulation, condition, provision, proviso, stipulation, requirement, qualification, demarcation, rider, strings

Derivatives

  • restrictionism

  • noun rɪˈstrɪkʃ(ə)nɪz(ə)m
    • He writes that ‘laissez faire philosophy had opened the way for capitalism by utterly destroying the fallacies of restrictionism’.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • To unchain money from the fetters of ‘restrictionism,’ to create free money and to grant cheap or even gratuitous credit, is the main plank in their political platform.
      • The 1880s were a turning point in the historical development of linguistic and immigration restrictionism.
  • restrictionist

  • noun rɪˈstrɪkʃ(ə)nɪst
    • A person who advocates a policy of imposing restrictions to limit or control something, especially free trade or immigration.

      restrictionists want to close off the border

Origin

Late Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin restrictio(n-), from restringere 'bind fast, confine' (see restrict).

Rhymes

addiction, affliction, benediction, constriction, conviction, crucifixion, depiction, dereliction, diction, eviction, fiction, friction, infliction, interdiction, jurisdiction, malediction, transfixion, valediction
 
 

Definition of restriction in US English:

restriction

nounrəˈstrikSH(ə)nrəˈstrɪkʃ(ə)n
often restrictions
  • 1A limiting condition or measure, especially a legal one.

    planning restrictions on commercial development
    Example sentencesExamples
    • To make matters worse, fuel shortages put restrictions on how far people could travel.
    • It would be more difficult to introduce the restrictions later, having first learned the game without them.
    • Often the speed restrictions in rural villages extend out into the countryside.
    • A recent form of regulatory water-use restriction is the imposition of specific water-use technologies in building codes.
    • Then in the 1970's travel restrictions were eased and she was able to come to the United States.
    • There are no legal restrictions on who can marry except for marriages between close relatives.
    • No aquatic herbicide is currently approved for submerged weed control that does not place some restriction on the use of the treated water.
    • In rural areas, women must contend with cultural and legal restrictions on health care.
    • He examines how campaigns work and what restrictions are placed on them by legislation and public opinion.
    • Aren't free markets supposed to need a free flow of capital and labour, and not restrictions of labour mobility?
    • Legal restrictions on who could buy a book, visit a museum, hear a concert were gradually lifted.
    • Before you apply for any new savings account, check the terms and conditions for any catches or restrictions.
    • One feature that is absent from current regulation is any general restriction on campaign expenditure.
    • It also means that you can now apply for credit without the restrictions a bankruptcy order imposes.
    • There are ten of us, and we are the ones that look over every new law and restriction that the government proposes.
    • Are restrictions imposed on foreign nationals opening a bank account?
    • The movement's main thrust, however, was to seek legislative restriction of the liquor traffic.
    • This restriction is not law, there is no regulation maintaining secrecy of the discussions in the room.
    • Prices are not guaranteed, but imports are constrained by levies and restrictions.
    • There were significant restrictions on the freedom of individuals to question or reject church doctrine.
    Synonyms
    reduction, limitation, diminution, curtailment, cutback, cut, scaling down
    1. 1.1 The limitation or control of someone or something, or the state of being limited or restricted.
      the restriction of local government power
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Agreements which have as their object or effect the prevention, restriction or distortion of competition within the common market are prohibited.
      • Where the risk is assessed as not high, quarantine restriction will apply for 21 days with regular veterinary visits undertaken.
      • The question then is whether these three potential markers for ageing linked to calorie restriction also apply to humans.
      • This process of simplification and hybridization involves reduction of linguistic resources and restriction of use to such limited functions as trade.
      Synonyms
      limitation, limit, constraint, control, check, curb

Origin

Late Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin restrictio(n-), from restringere ‘bind fast, confine’ (see restrict).

 
 
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