[with obj.]put a limit on; keep under control 限制,控制 some roads may have to be closed at peak times to restrict the number of visitors. 在高峰时段有些道路可能会被关闭以限制来访者人数。 ■deprive (someone or something) of freedom of movement or action 限制…的行动自由,约束 cities can restrict groups of protesters from gathering on a residential street. 城市可以禁止抗议者们在住宅区街道上集会。 ■(restrict someone to)limit someone to only doing or having (a particular thing) or staying in (a particular place) 限定某人只做(某事),限定某人仅拥有(某物),限制某人只呆在(某处) I shall restrict myself to a single example. 我将限定自己只用一个例子。 ■(restrict something to)limit something, especially an activity, to (a particular place, time, or category of people) 限定某事(尤指活动)于(某地、某时、某一类人) the Zoological Gardens were at first restricted to members and their guests. 动物园最初仅限于会员和他们的客人参观。 ■withhold (information) from general circulation or disclosure 封锁(消息) at first the Americans tried to restrict news of their involvement in Vietnam. 最初美国人企图封锁他们卷入越战的消息。
语源
mid 16th cent.: from Latin restrict- 'confined, bound fast', from the verb restringere (see restrain)