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.
雙語例句
1. The police used horses to constrain the crowd from violence.
警察騎著馬阻止那群人訴諸暴力.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
2. It's the capacity of those roads which is going to constrain the amount of travel by car that can take place.
制約駕車出行量的將會是那些道路的通行能力。
來自柯林斯例句
3. If they can, constrain him to belong to their desperate odd - fellow society.
要是可能, 還要強迫他參加他們無可救藥的畸形社會.
來自辭典例句
4. As with dragging, a meta - key is often used to constrain the direction of a resize interaction.
和拖動一樣, 元鍵在這里也可以用來約束調整尺寸操作的方向.
來自About Face 3交互設計精髓
5. A strong magnetic field can constrain electrons to move only along the field lines.