constraint
柯林斯词典
1. N-COUNT A constraint is something that limits or controls what you can do. 限制
Their decision to abandon the trip was made because of financial constraints. 他们放弃这次旅行的决定是因财务限制而作出的。
2. N-UNCOUNT Constraint is control over the way you behave which prevents you from doing what you want to do. 约束
Journalists were given the freedom to visit, investigate, and report without constraint. 新闻记者被赋予在没有约束下参观、调查和报道的自由。
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constraint /kənˈstreɪnt/ (constraints)
剑桥词典
- C2 [ 可数名词：有复数形式的名词 ]
something that controls what you do by keeping you within particular limits
限制；束缚；约束
The constraints of politeness wouldn't allow her to say what she really thought about his cooking . 出于礼貌，她不会说出自己对他的厨艺的真实看法。
Financial constraints on the company are preventing them from employing new staff . 公司财务紧张使得他们不能再聘请新员工。
[ 不可数或单数名词：没有复数形式的名词 ] formal
unnatural behaviour that is sometimes the result of forcing yourself to act in a particular way
拘束；局促
She tried to appear friendly , but her constraint was obvious . 她尽力显得友好，可是显然很拘束。
under constraint formal
If you do something under constraint, you do it only because you have been forced to.
被强迫地；迫于压力；在强制下
They confessed , but only under severe constraint. 他们迫于巨大的压力才说出了真相。 返回 constraint