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		Definition of constraint in English: constraintnoun kənˈstreɪntkənˈstreɪnt 1A limitation or restriction. 限制;约束,束缚,局限  time constraints make it impossible to do everything  the availability of water is the main constraint on food production 供水是限制食品生产的主要问题。 Example sentencesExamples -  The bandwidth constraints of the internet force us to find more concise ways to represent information.
 -  But, subject to that constraint, funders should reveal as much as possible as soon as possible.
 -  ‘We applied a much higher level of constraint than was used in the past,’ he says.
 -  The solution lies with Labour councillors, who must reverse this effective parking constraint and allow more parking space.
 -  They resent any constraint as an insult to their will to dominate and exercise power.
 -  They find a bleak life of constraint and alienation - not an heroic American salvation tale but a cold comfort saga.
 -  He said residents might be issued with information leaflets so they were aware of the constraints on Ryan.
 -  Foundation trusts will be subject to fewer checks and constraints over their actions.
 -  For the past two months, US officials have been seeking to wriggle free from this constraint.
 -  Some of the externally imposed limitations and constraints on our actions are evident to us.
 -  The report examines in some detail the impacts, opportunities and constraints of each option.
 -  Resistance from the medical community has been one important constraint.
 -  In the run-up to devolution it was widely expected that one of the main challenges would be fiscal constraint.
 -  Well I know that it's not my best work, and some of it is years old, used again partly because of financial constraint.
 -  That's occurring at a time when these capacity constraints are biting in some areas.
 -  He cultivates a sense of social responsibility in a marvellous vacuum of normal social constraints.
 -  However, opposition MPs said it could no longer hide behind operational constraints.
 -  Such constraints restrict the effectiveness of all humanitarian interventions.
 -  The main regulatory constraint in the post war period was the ceiling on interest rates.
 -  Nevertheless, it will be all but impossible to shed some of the space constraints.
 
 Synonyms restriction, limitation, curb, check, restraint, control, curtailment, damper, rein hindrance, impediment, hampering, obstruction, handicap - 1.1mass noun Stiffness of manner and inhibition in relations between people.
压抑,抑制;克制;拘束  they would be able to talk without constraint 他们可以毫无拘束地谈话。 Example sentencesExamples -  If a king is seeking freedom from constraint through disguise, the greatest freedom is to be had through disguising himself as a beggar.
 -  It includes the freedom to talk without constraint, to discuss, to debate, to inquire, to lobby, to petition, to assemble without fear, to protest.
 -  How good it would feel to be without constraint to spread the good news of the gospel to those who never saw the need for it.
 -  Then you help the person develop strategies to overcome that social constraint.
 -  Participants were allowed to talk without constraint for as long as they chose about what they considered quality reference service.
 -  Only once have I heard him laugh without constraint.
 
 Synonyms inhibition, uneasiness, embarrassment restraint, reservedness, reticence, guardedness, formality, stand-offishness self-consciousness, awkwardness, forcedness, unnaturalness, woodenness, stiltedness  
 
 OriginLate Middle English (in the sense 'coercion'): from Old French constreinte, feminine past participle of constraindre (see constrain). Rhymesacquaint, ain't, attaint, complaint, distraint, faint, feint, paint, plaint, quaint, restraint, saint, taint    Definition of constraint in US English: constraintnounkənˈstrāntkənˈstreɪnt 1A limitation or restriction. 限制;约束,束缚,局限  time constraints make it impossible to do everything  the availability of water is the main constraint on food production 供水是限制食品生产的主要问题。 Example sentencesExamples -  ‘We applied a much higher level of constraint than was used in the past,’ he says.
 -  The main regulatory constraint in the post war period was the ceiling on interest rates.
 -  Resistance from the medical community has been one important constraint.
 -  In the run-up to devolution it was widely expected that one of the main challenges would be fiscal constraint.
 -  For the past two months, US officials have been seeking to wriggle free from this constraint.
 -  They find a bleak life of constraint and alienation - not an heroic American salvation tale but a cold comfort saga.
 -  But, subject to that constraint, funders should reveal as much as possible as soon as possible.
 -  Some of the externally imposed limitations and constraints on our actions are evident to us.
 -  Foundation trusts will be subject to fewer checks and constraints over their actions.
 -  Nevertheless, it will be all but impossible to shed some of the space constraints.
 -  The report examines in some detail the impacts, opportunities and constraints of each option.
 -  Such constraints restrict the effectiveness of all humanitarian interventions.
 -  However, opposition MPs said it could no longer hide behind operational constraints.
 -  He cultivates a sense of social responsibility in a marvellous vacuum of normal social constraints.
 -  He said residents might be issued with information leaflets so they were aware of the constraints on Ryan.
 -  Well I know that it's not my best work, and some of it is years old, used again partly because of financial constraint.
 -  The bandwidth constraints of the internet force us to find more concise ways to represent information.
 -  The solution lies with Labour councillors, who must reverse this effective parking constraint and allow more parking space.
 -  They resent any constraint as an insult to their will to dominate and exercise power.
 -  That's occurring at a time when these capacity constraints are biting in some areas.
 
 Synonyms restriction, limitation, curb, check, restraint, control, curtailment, damper, rein - 1.1 Stiffness of manner and inhibition in relations between people.
压抑,抑制;克制;拘束  they would be able to talk without constraint 他们可以毫无拘束地谈话。 Example sentencesExamples -  Participants were allowed to talk without constraint for as long as they chose about what they considered quality reference service.
 -  Then you help the person develop strategies to overcome that social constraint.
 -  How good it would feel to be without constraint to spread the good news of the gospel to those who never saw the need for it.
 -  If a king is seeking freedom from constraint through disguise, the greatest freedom is to be had through disguising himself as a beggar.
 -  It includes the freedom to talk without constraint, to discuss, to debate, to inquire, to lobby, to petition, to assemble without fear, to protest.
 -  Only once have I heard him laugh without constraint.
 
 Synonyms inhibition, uneasiness, embarrassment  
 
 OriginLate Middle English (in the sense ‘coercion’): from Old French constreinte, feminine past participle of constraindre (see constrain).     |