con.straint
n.（名词）
The threat or use of force to prevent, restrict, or dictate the action or thought of others.
强制：使用或威胁使用强制力量来阻拦、限制或命令他人的行动或思想
The state of being restricted or confined within prescribed bounds:
被约束：被限制或约束在规定范围之内的状态：
例句：
soon tired of the constraint of military life.
很快厌倦了军事生活的约束
One that restricts, limits, or regulates; a check:
约束：约束、限制或制约性的事物；抑制物：
例句：
ignored all moral constraints in his pursuit of success.
在他追求成功的过程中忽略了一切道德约束
Embarrassed reserve or reticence; awkwardness:
拘束：局促不安的拘谨或沉默；窘迫：
例句：
.All constraint had vanished between the two, and they began to talk.(Edith Wharton)
.两人之间的拘束感都消失了，他们开始交谈起来.(伊迪丝·华顿)
来源：
Middle English constreinte
中古英语 constreinte
from Old French [from feminine past participle of] constraindre * see constrain
源自 古法语 [] 源自constraindre的阴性过去分词 *参见 constrain
