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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). |