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Wednesday, September 16, 2009

3.09 Constrain

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constraint
/kən'stɹent/
(countable) A constraint is a limit or a boundary.
constrain
constrained

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  1. I feel constrained to write and protest the decision.

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  2. A shortage of suitable nesting sites might, for instance, constrain birds from leaving their natal territory in search of opportunities to breed,

    Japanese; kyou sei suru

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  3. It constrains a number to be within a range.
    Italian: Costringere

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  4. But Fanny and Keats are modern too, and though the mores of their time constrain them, they nonetheless regard themselves as free.

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  5. constraint
    [kən'streint]
    n. 约束, 强制, 约束条件, 对感情的压抑, 虚情假意
    [计算机] 限制
    Not in confinement or under constraint; free

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  6. They operate as a kind of constraint on an individual who wants to smoke.
    Russian: ограничение

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