constrain
- vt. 驱使;强迫;束缚
词态变化
中文词源
con-, 强调。-str, 拉长,拉紧,词源同strict,strain.
英文词源
- constrain
- constrain: see strain
- constrain (v.)
- early 14c., constreyen, from stem of Old French constreindre (Modern French contraindre) "restrain, control," from Latin constringere "to bind together, tie tightly, fetter, shackle, chain," from com- "together" (see com-) + stringere "to draw tight" (see strain (v.)). Related: Constrained; constraining.
双语例句
- 1. The police used horses to constrain the crowd from violence.
- 警察骑着马阻止那群人诉诸暴力.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 2. It's the capacity of those roads which is going to constrain the amount of travel by car that can take place.
- 制约驾车出行量的将会是那些道路的通行能力。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. If they can, constrain him to belong to their desperate odd - fellow society.
- 要是可能, 还要强迫他参加他们无可救药的畸形社会.
来自辞典例句
- 4. As with dragging, a meta - key is often used to constrain the direction of a resize interaction.
- 和拖动一样, 元键在这里也可以用来约束调整尺寸操作的方向.
来自About Face 3交互设计精髓
- 5. A strong magnetic field can constrain electrons to move only along the field lines.
- 强磁场可约束电子使之只能沿着场力线运动.
来自辞典例句