constrain

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To force physically, by strong persuasion or pressuring; to compel; to oblige. transitive
  2. To keep within close bounds; to confine. transitive
    — But it's not just Castlefield Corridor capacity that constrains services. All the junctions on the lines feeding into the corridor are flat, so they create conflict points as trains pass.
  3. To reduce a result in response to limited resources. transitive

词形变化

constrains present,singular,third-person constraining participle,present constrained participle,past constrained past

词汇关系

衍生词
coconstrain constrainable constrainer constrainingly constrainment constraintive overconstrain unconstrain unconstraining
相关词
constraint constrict restrain strain

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?
Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm
Proto-Italic *kom
Proto-Italic *kom-
Latin cōn-
Proto-Indo-European *strengʰ-der.
Proto-Indo-European *streyg-der.
Latin stringō
Latin cōnstringōder.
Old French constreindrebor.
Middle English constreinen
English constrain
From Middle English constreinen, from Old French constreindre, from Latin cōnstringō, from cōn- (“with, together”) + stringō (“to draw, bind or tie tight”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *streyg- (“to stroke, to shear, stiff”).
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