- [countable]
a thing that limits something, or limits your freedom to do something synonym restriction限制;限定;約束 constraints of time/money/space 時間/資金/空間的限制 financial/economic/legal/political constraints 財政/經濟/法律/政治約束 - constraint on something
This decision will impose serious constraints on all schools. 這項決定將使所有的學校受到各種嚴格的限制。
Synonyms limitlimit- restriction
- control
- constraint
- restraint
- limitation
- limit the greatest or smallest amount of something that is allowed:
The EU has set strict limits on pollution levels. 歐盟對污染程度作了嚴格的限定。 the speed limit 速度限制
- restriction (rather formal
) a rule or law that limits what you can do: 指限制規定、限制法規: There are no restrictions on the amount of money you can withdraw. 取款沒有限額。
- control (often in compounds) the act of limiting or managing something; a method of doing this:
arms control 軍備控制
- constraint (rather formal
) a fact or decision that limits what you can do: 指限制、限定、約束: We have to work within severe constraints of time and money. 我們必須在時間緊迫、資金緊張的限制下工作。
- restraint (rather formal
) a decision, a rule, an idea, etc. that limits what you can do; the act of limiting something because it is necessary or sensible to do so: 指約束力、管制措施、制約因素、控制、限制: The government has imposed export restraints on some products. 政府對一些産品實行了出口控制。 The unions are unlikely to accept any sort of wage restraint. 工會不大可能接受任何形式的工資限制。
- limitation the act or process of limiting something; a rule, fact or condition that limits something:
They would resist any limitation of their powers. 他們會抵制對他們權力的任何限制。
restriction, constraint, restraint or limitation? These are all things that limit what you can do. A restriction is rule or law that is made by somebody in authority. A constraint is something that exists rather than something that is made, although it may exist as a result of somebody’s decision. A restraint is also something that exists: it can exist outside yourself, as the result of somebody else’s decision; but it can also exist inside you, as a fear of what other people may think or as your own feeling about what is acceptable: moral/social/cultural restraints. A limitation is more general and can be a rule that somebody makes or a fact or condition that exists.Patterns用 restriction、constraint、restraint 還是 limitation? - limits/restrictions/controls/constraints/restraints/limitations on something
- limits/limitations to something
- severe limits/restrictions/controls/constraints/restraints/limitations
- tight limits/restrictions/controls/constraints
- to impose/remove limits/restrictions/controls/constraints/restraints/limitations
- to lift restrictions/controls/constraints/restraints
Extra ExamplesThe government has placed tight constraints on spending this year. 政府今年實行了嚴格的開支限制。 There are major financial constraints on all schools. 所有的學校都面臨嚴重的財政限制。 We have to work within severe constraints. 我們得在嚴格的限制範圍内工作。 We are severely limited by legal and political constraints. 我們受到法律和政治的嚴重限制。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- important
- major
- severe
- …
- impose
- place
- put
- …
- within a/the constraint
- without constraint
- constraint on
- …
- [uncountable]
strict control over the way that you behave or are allowed to behave 約束;嚴管
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘coercion’): from Old French constreinte, feminine past participle of constraindre, from Latin constringere ‘bind tightly together’.