柯林斯詞典constraint /k?n?stre?nt/ (constraints) 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. 他們放棄這次旅行的決定是因財(cái)務(wù)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. 約束 Journalists were given the freedom to visit, investigate, and report without constraint. 新聞?dòng)浾弑毁x予在沒(méi)有約束下蓡觀、調(diào)查和報(bào)道的自由。 返回 constraint劍橋詞典C2 [ 可數(shù)名詞：有複數(shù)形式的名詞 ] something that controls what you do by keeping you within particular limits 限制；束縛；約束 The constraints of politeness wouldn't allow her to say what she really thought about his cooking . 出於禮貌，她不會(huì)說(shuō)出自己對(duì)他的廚藝的真實(shí)看法。 Financial constraints on the company are preventing them from employing new staff . 公司財(cái)務(wù)緊張使得他們不能再聘請(qǐng)新員工。 [ 不可數(shù)或單數(shù)名詞：沒(méi)有複數(shù)形式的名詞 ] formal unnatural behaviour that is sometimes the result of forcing yourself to act in a particular way 拘束；侷促 She tried to appear friendly , but her constraint was obvious . 她盡力顯得友好，可是顯然很拘束。 ?under constraint formal If you do something under constraint, you do it only because you have been forced to. 被強(qiáng)迫地；迫於壓力；在強(qiáng)制下 They confessed , but only under severe constraint. 他們迫於巨大的壓力才說(shuō)出了真相。 返回 constraint