restrain
英英释意
- 1. keep under control; keep in check;
- "suppress a smile"
- "Keep your temper"
- "keep your cool"
- 2. place limits on (extent or access);
- "restrict the use of this parking lot"
- "limit the time you can spend with your friends"
- 3. 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"
- 4. hold back
- 5. to compel or deter by or as if by threats