restrained 音标拼音: [ristr'end]
a . 限制的,拘谨的,克制的
限制的,拘谨的,克制的
restrained adj 1 :
cool and formal in manner [
synonym : {
restrained }, {
reticent },
{
unemotional }]
2 :
under restraint [
ant : {
unrestrained }]
3 :
marked by avoidance of extravagance or extremes ; "
moderate in his demands "; "
restrained in his response " [
synonym : {
moderate },
{
restrained }]
4 :
not showy or obtrusive ; "
clothes in quiet good taste " [
synonym :
{
quiet }, {
restrained }]
5 :
prudent ; "
guarded optimism " [
synonym : {
guarded }, {
restrained }]
Restrain \
Re *
strain "\,
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Restrained };
p .
pr .
&
vb .
n . {
Restraining }.] [
OE .
restreinen ,
F .
restreindre ,
fr .
L .
restringere ,
restrictum ;
pref .
re -
re -
stringere to draw ,
bind ,
or press together .
See {
Strain },
v .
t .,
and cf .
{
Restrict }.]
1 .
To draw back again ;
to hold back from acting ,
proceeding ,
or advancing ,
either by physical or moral force ,
or by any interposing obstacle ;
to repress or suppress ;
to keep down ;
to curb .
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1913 Webster ]
Restrain in me the cursed thoughts that nature Gives way to in repose ! --
Shak .
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2 .
To draw back toghtly ,
as a rein . [
Obs .] --
Shak .
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3 .
To hinder from unlimited enjoiment ;
to abridge .
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Though they two were committed ,
at least restrained of their liberty . --
Clarendon .
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4 .
To limit ;
to confine ;
to restrict . --
Trench .
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Not only a metaphysical or natural ,
but a moral ,
universality also is to be restrained by a part of the predicate . --
I .
Watts .
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5 .
To withhold ;
to forbear .
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Thou restrained prayer before God . --
Job .
xv .
4 .
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Syn :
To check ;
hinder ;
stop ;
withhold ;
repress ;
curb ;
suppress ;
coerce ;
restrict ;
limit ;
confine .
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1913 Webster ]
156 Moby Thesaurus words for "
restrained ":
Attic ,
Ciceronian ,
Olympian ,
aesthetic ,
aloof ,
arrested ,
artistic ,
aseptic ,
backward ,
barred ,
bashful ,
beleaguered ,
beset ,
besieged ,
blank ,
blockaded ,
bound ,
bridled ,
cabined ,
caged ,
chaste ,
chastened ,
chilled ,
chilly ,
choice ,
classic ,
clear ,
cloistered ,
closed -
in ,
cold ,
confined ,
constrained ,
controlled ,
cool ,
cooped ,
cordoned ,
cordoned off ,
corralled ,
cramped ,
cribbed ,
curbed ,
detached ,
direct ,
discreet ,
distant ,
easy ,
elegant ,
enclosed ,
excellent ,
expressionless ,
fenced ,
finished ,
forbidding ,
frigid ,
frosty ,
frugal ,
graceful ,
gracile ,
guarded ,
hedged ,
hemmed ,
hushed ,
icy ,
immured ,
impassive ,
impersonal ,
imprisoned ,
in check ,
in control ,
in good taste ,
in hand ,
in leading strings ,
in remission ,
inaccessible ,
incarcerated ,
incommunicable ,
inhibited ,
introverted ,
jailed ,
leaguered ,
limited ,
limpid ,
lucid ,
measured ,
mewed ,
moderate ,
modest ,
natural ,
neat ,
noncommittal ,
of choice ,
of quality ,
offish ,
on leash ,
paled ,
pellucid ,
penned ,
pent -
up ,
perspicuous ,
plain ,
pleasing ,
polished ,
pure ,
quarantined ,
quelled ,
quiet ,
railed ,
reasonable ,
refined ,
remote ,
removed ,
repressed ,
reserved ,
retarded ,
reticent ,
retiring ,
round ,
shrinking ,
shut -
in ,
simple ,
slowed down ,
sober ,
softened ,
sparing ,
stable ,
standoff ,
standoffish ,
stinting ,
straightforward ,
subdued ,
suppressed ,
tasteful ,
tasty ,
temperate ,
tempered ,
terse ,
trim ,
unaffable ,
unaffected ,
unapproachable ,
uncongenial ,
undemonstrative ,
under control ,
under discipline ,
under restraint ,
understated ,
unexcessive ,
unexpansive ,
unextreme ,
ungenial ,
unlabored ,
unobtrusive ,
walled ,
walled -
in ,
well -
chosen ,
withdrawn
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