单词 | constraint |
释义 | constraint /keuhn straynt"/, n. 1. limitation or restriction. 2. repression of natural feelings and impulses: to practice constraint. 3. unnatural restraint in manner, conversation, etc.; embarrassment. 4. something that constrains. 5. the act of constraining. 6. the condition of being constrained. 7. Ling. a restriction on the operation of a linguistic rule or the occurrence of a linguistic construction. [1350-1400; ME constreinte < MF, n. use of fem. ptp. of constreindre; see CONSTRAIN] Syn. 1. force, obligation, pressure. |
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