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constrained 音標拼音: [kənstr'end] a. 被強迫的,拘泥的,不舒服的 被強迫的,拘泥的,不舒服的 constrained約束 constrained adj 1: lacking spontaneity; not natural; " a constrained smile"; " forced heartiness"; " a strained smile" [ synonym: { constrained}, { forced}, { strained}] Constrain \ Con* strain"\, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Constrained}; p. pr. & vb. n. { Constraining}.] [ OF. constraindre, F. contrainde, L. constringere; con- stringere to draw tight. See { Strain}, and. cf. { Constrict}, { Constringe}.] 1. To secure by bonds; to chain; to bond or confine; to hold tightly; to constringe. [ 1913 Webster] He binds in chains The drowsy prophet, and his limbs constrains. -- Dryden. [ 1913 Webster] When winter frosts constrain the fields with cold. -- Dryden. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To bring into a narrow compass; to compress. [ 1913 Webster] How the strait stays the slender waist constrain. -- Gay. [ 1913 Webster] 3. To hold back by force; to restrain; to repress. [ 1913 Webster] My sire in caves constrains the winds. -- Dryden. [ 1913 Webster] 4. To compel; to force; to necessitate; to oblige. [ 1913 Webster] The love of Christ constraineth us. -- 2. Cor. v. 14. [ 1913 Webster] I was constrained to appeal unto C[ ae] sar. -- Acts xxviii. 19. [ 1913 Webster] 5. To violate; to ravish. [ Obs.] -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 6. To produce in such a manner as to give an unnatural effect; as, a constrained voice. Syn: To compel; force; drive; impel; urge; press. [ 1913 Webster]
Constrained \ Con* strained"\, a. Marked by constraint; not free; not voluntary; embarrassed; as, a constrained manner; a constrained tone. [ 1913 Webster] 70 Moby Thesaurus words for " constrained": Olympian, aloof, arrested, backward, bashful, blank, bridled, chastened, chilled, chilly, cold, controlled, cool, curbed, detached, discreet, distant, expressionless, forbidding, frigid, frosty, guarded, hushed, icy, impassive, impersonal, in check, in control, in hand, in leading strings, in remission, inaccessible, incommunicable, inhibited, introverted, limited, modest, noncommittal, offish, on leash, pent- up, quelled, quiet, remote, removed, repressed, reserved, restrained, retarded, reticent, retiring, shrinking, slowed down, softened, stable, standoff, standoffish, subdued, suppressed, tempered, unaffable, unapproachable, uncongenial, undemonstrative, under control, under discipline, under restraint, unexpansive, ungenial, withdrawn
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