Question

我想问问“restrain”和“restrict”这两个单词具体用法有什么分别？

我知道这两个单词是什么意思，词典都能查到，我只是觉得意思比较相似，搞不懂具体怎用。

谢谢！

Answer 1

restrictvt.1. 限制;限定;约束[( to/within)]Membership of the club is restricted to men only.该俱乐部的成员仅限于男士。His activities were restricted by old age.他的活动因年事已高而受到限制。restrainvt.1. 抑制,遏制I couldn't restrain my laughter.我禁不住笑了出来。2. 控制,限制;约束,阻止[( from)]We restrained the children from playing by the railroad.我们阻止孩子们在铁路旁边玩耍。The government has taken measures to restrain inflation.政府已采取措施控制通货膨胀。3. 管束;监禁

Answer 2

个人认为最清楚的用法解释，附经典例句，希望你可以理解哦
restrain
1.If you restrain someone, you stop them from doing what they intended or wanted to do, usually by using your physical strength.
>Wally gripped my arm, partly to restrain me and partly to reassure me.
>One onlooker had to be restrained by police.
2.If you restrain an emotion or you restrain yourself from doing something, you prevent yourself from showing that emotion or doing what you wanted or intended to do.
>She was unable to restrain her desperate anger.
>Unable to restrain herself, she rose and went to the phone.
>Gladys wanted to ask, `Aren't you angry with him?' But she restrained herself from doing so.
3.To restrain something that is growing or increasing means to prevent it from getting too large. == curb, check
>The radical 500-day plan was very clear on how it intended to try to restrain inflation.
>In the 1970s, the government tried to restrain corruption.

restrict
1.If you restrict something, you put a limit on it in order to reduce it or prevent it becoming too great. == limit
>There is talk of raising the admission requirements to restrict the number of students on campus.
>The French, I believe, restrict Japanese imports to a maximum of 3 per cent of their market.
2.To restrict the movement or actions of someone or something means to prevent them from moving or acting freely.
>Villagers say the fence would restrict public access to the hills.
>The government imprisoned dissidents, forbade travel, and restricted the press.
>These dams have restricted the flow of the river downstream.
3.If you restrict someone or their activities to one thing, they can only do, have, or deal with that thing. If you restrict them to one place, they cannot go anywhere else. == cionfine
>He was, however, allowed to stay on at the temple as long as he restricted himself to his studies.
>The patient isn't restricted to a meagre diet.
>For the first two weeks patients are restricted to the grounds.
4.If you restrict something to a particular group, only that group can do it or have it. If you restrict something to a particular place, it is allowed only in that place. == confine
>Ministers had decided to restrict university entry to about 30 per cent of a declining school-leaving population.
>Camping is restricted to five designated campgrounds.

Answer 3

restrain控制,限制;约束,阻止[(+from)]
restrict限制;限定;约束[(+to/within)]