亚洲网紅露点

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restrain

[ ri-streyn ]

verb (used with object)

  1. to hold back from action; keep in check or under control; repress:

    to restrain one's temper.

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  2. to deprive of liberty, as by arrest or the like.

    Synonyms: , , , , ,

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  3. to limit or hamper the activity, growth, or effect of:

    to restrain trade with Cuba.



restrain

/ 谤瑟藞蝉迟谤别瑟苍 /

verb

  1. to hold (someone) back from some action, esp by force
  2. to deprive (someone) of liberty, as by imprisonment
  3. to limit or restrict
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 谤别藞蝉迟谤补颈苍补产濒别, adjective
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 谤别路蝉迟谤补颈苍顎僡路产濒别 adjective
  • 谤别路蝉迟谤补颈苍顎卆路产颈濒顎僫路迟测 noun
  • 谤别路蝉迟谤补颈苍顎僫苍驳路濒测 adverb
  • 辞顎卾别谤路谤别路蝉迟谤补颈苍顎 verb (used with object)
  • 辫谤别顎卹别路蝉迟谤补颈苍顎 verb (used with object)
  • un顎叞鹇凡醭侔咕辈灶僡路产濒别 adjective
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of restrain1

First recorded in 1350鈥1400; Middle English restreynen, from Middle French restreindre, from Latin restringere 鈥渢o bind back, bind fast鈥; equivalent to re- + strain 1
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of restrain1

C14 restreyne , from Old French restreindre , from Latin 谤脓蝉迟谤颈苍驳别谤别 to draw back tightly, from re- + stringere to draw, bind; see strain 1
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Love was fined $750, placed on six months probation and a mutual restraining order was issued.

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A teacher who restrained a girl after she stabbed two of his colleagues and a pupil said he still loses sleep a year after the incident.

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On 2 February, she allegedly breached a family violence restraining order in Ocean Reef, the town where her family lived, according to Western Australia Courts.

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He was also given a restraining order in relation to Mr Pike, his wife and children, for an indefinite period.

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Wednesday鈥檚 appointment comes several days after a California appeals court issued a stay on a Los Angeles Superior Court judge鈥檚 restraining order that had prevented the city from filling the seat.

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