词汇精选：constrain的用法和辨析

一、详细释义：

v.

强迫 [T]

例句：

He tried to constrain himself from a cough during the lecture.

讲课时他设法忍住不咳嗽。

例句：

Hunger constrained him to eat.

饥饿迫使他进食。

限制，约束 [T]

例句：

They are accused of conspiring to constrain trade.

他们被指责共同谋求进行贸易限制。

例句：

Women are too often constrained by family commitments and by low expectations.

女性往往受到家庭责任和低期望值的束缚。

二、词义辨析：

compel,force,constrain,oblige

这些动词均含“迫使”之意。compel指在法律、权力、力量或行动等的驱使下被迫而为。force指用个人意志、权力、权威或暴力等，迫使他人改变看法或做本不愿做的事。constrain侧重施加约束力或有约束作用的影响，也指环境对人强加的影响迫使人去做某事，尤指受良心、情感等内在力量驱使去做某事。oblige指由于生理上或道德上的需要，促使某人做某事，也指有权威的人或机构迫使某人做某事，还可指在特定情况下被迫作出的反应。

三、参考例句：

They are accused of conspiring to constrain trade.

他们被指责共同谋求进行贸易限制。

They are accused of conspiring to constrain trade.

他们被指责共同谋求进行贸易限制。

Start using xml schema to constrain xml documents.

请开始使用xml模式来约束xml文档。

If they can, constrain him to belong to their desperate odd-fellow society.

要是可能，还要强迫他参加他们无可救药的畸形社会。

Sometimes environments constrain those people and sometimes environments give those people opportunity.

有时候环境制约人，有时候环境成就人。【CET-6 2006.01 阅读】

He tried to constrain himself from a cough during the lecture.

讲课时他设法忍住不咳嗽。

But we must accept the challenge that all of us in democratic governments face: to listen to the voices who disagree with us; to have an open debate about how we use our powers and how we must constrain them; and to always remember that government exists

但我们必须接受所有民主政府都会面临的挑战：倾听与我们有分歧的人士的声音；就我们如何使用权力以及我们必须如何限制权力开展公开辩论；并且始终牢记，政府是为服务于个人权力而存在，而不是相反。