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 constrained [kәn'streind]   添加此单词到默认生词本
a. 被强迫的, 被约束的, 不舒服的

  1. I felt constrained to do what he told me.
    我觉得不能不做他叫我做的事。
  2. As an artist he didn't consider himself constrained (ie restricted) by the same rules of social conduct as other people.
    他认为自己是艺术家, 不必像一般人那样要受社会行为准则的束缚.
  3. I feel constrained to write (ie I feel I must write) and complain in the strongest possible terms.
    我深感责无旁贷, 必须笔诛墨伐.


constrained
[ adj ]
lacking spontaneity; not natural
<adj.all>
a constrained smileforced heartiness
a strained smile


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.

He binds in chains
The drowsy prophet, and his limbs constrains.
--Dryden.

When winter frosts constrain the fields with cold.
--Dryden.

2. To bring into a narrow compass; to compress.

How the strait stays the slender waist constrain.
--Gay.

3. To hold back by force; to restrain; to repress.

My sire in caves constrains the winds. --Dryden.

4. To compel; to force; to necessitate; to oblige.

The love of Christ constraineth us. --2. Cor. v.
14.

I was constrained to appeal unto C[ae]sar. --Acts
xxviii. 19.

5. To violate; to ravish. [Obs.] --Shak.

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.


Constrained \Con*strained"\, a.
Marked by constraint; not free; not voluntary; embarrassed;
as, a constrained manner; a constrained tone.

  1. Mr John Smith is constrained by the antiquated mechanisms of the Labour party.
  2. The spokesman said he was constrained not to elaborate, and all parties to the managment shuffle had agreed not to comment further on the changes.
  3. Non-Japanese houses, less constrained by ministry of finance regulations, are doing better.
  4. Pressure on bank capital, owing to the imposition next year of new capital adequacy standards by the Basle committee on bank supervision, a grouping of international bank regulators, has further constrained lending.
  5. Is the 40-year-old agency really constrained from its mission because of a U.S.-induced budget shortfall?
  6. The slight oversupply might continue for some years. Supplies from South Africa, the world's biggest producer, were constrained by production difficulties but grew modestly.
  7. Unlike the U.S. administration, Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's government is not constrained by lawmakers protesting that weapons sales to Saudi Arabia may endanger or offend Israel.
  8. He had few details to offer, however, saying he was constrained because disclosing precise plans must await the release of Bush's fiscal 1991 budget later this month.
  9. It further constrained the market by imposing a state-by-state volume cap on municipal bond issuance.
  10. Everything is constrained by profitability.
  11. The agency is constrained by law from commenting more specifically, the spokesman said.
  12. Turkey has historical claims in the region, but is likely to be constrained by its quest for integration into the European Community.
  13. Reports of a credit crunch have worried some economists, who fear that the economy could slow severely, even topple into a recession, if lending becomes too constrained.
  14. With the private sector constrained by debt, the banking system fragile and fiscal policy less expansionary than it looks because of the debt interest burden and the cost of bank bale-outs, it is hard to quarrel with that verdict.
  15. Richer states, such as Aguascalientes, inevitably become constrained in their ability to grow.
  16. Even though One-2-One is not now constrained on capital expenditure, it will not reach Orange's opening coverage for at least 18 months.
  17. 'Before, we were constrained by rigid systems; our new package is highly configurable: there are always two or three ways of achieving something.
  18. In a report on the Vehicle Inspectorate, the office found that after significant efficiency savings in the early years, further improvements were constrained by government policy.
  19. "It turns out to be a very hard problem because it's not constrained," says Brian Mitchell, a leader of the Michigan team.
  20. Mr John Major is no less decent than Mr Tony Blair, but, as to policy, the prime minister is constrained by circumstance.
  21. Although the industry was well-placed to compete in the region, he said, Thailand could be constrained in the long term by environmental and raw materials constraints.
  22. Robert C. Gore, a Philadelphia-based vice president and compensation consultant for Towers Perrin Co.'s TPF&C unit, notes that many corporate managers have felt constrained in the 1980s by small merit-raise budgets.
  23. These will be the less 'mature' markets, such as restaurants and hotels, that have been constrained by the comparatively unsophisticated taste of British consumers.
  24. Tass said the three men arrived at Moscow's Sheremetyevo Airport "gray-haired with worry and grief," and were conspicuous because of their old clothes and constrained manner.
  25. "The dollar is extremely volatile at the moment because with this stock market collapse, the (Federal Reserve Board) is constrained from pushing up interest rates" to support the currency, Mr. Amstad said.
  26. So we don't in any way feel constrained to sell them quickly."
  27. However far and fast his left-wing coalition partners want to go, Mr Rabin feels constrained by his desire to carry with him mainstream Israeli opinion and to keep opposition from Jewish settlers to the margins.
  28. But Pemex's capital budget has been so constrained since the debt crisis that the company could manage only a temporary increase of 100,000 barrels in its daily 1.2 million-barrel export output.
  29. However, it is thought that the South Africans will be constrained because of their shortage of foreign exchange.
  30. But supplies from the North Sea have been constrained by summer maintenance and industrial action by oil workers.
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