restrict

restrict
verb
  1. [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
  1. mid 16th cent.: from Latin restrict- 'confined, bound fast', from the verb restringere (see restrain)
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