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constraint

英文单词”constraint”在中文中的意思是“限制”或者“约束”。主要用来描述一些不可逾越的边界,或者是某些情况下必须遵守的规则。

  1. There is a constraint on the amount of money we can spend on the project. (我们在这个项目上可以花费的资金有限制)
  2. The teacher works under serious time constraints, but tries to work with each student individually. (这位老师工作时严重受限于时间,但还是尽量和每个学生进行一对一的交流)
  3. The space constraints in the small apartment forced her to be creative with storage. (小公寓的空间限制迫使她富有创意地进行存储)

“constraint”这个词的词根为”strict”,来自拉丁文,意思是“拉紧”,“压缩”。

“constraint”中的”con-”是前缀,表示“一起”、“共同”;” -straint”是基词,表示”拉紧”、“约束”。

“Constraint”这个词源于14世纪的法语”constraindre”,意为“受到强迫”。

“constraint”是名词,其动词形式是”constrain”,形容词形式是”constrained”。

你可以将”constraint”与 “contain” (包含),“strain” (拉紧) 这样的词进行联想,形成一个有意义的图片来帮助记住这个词。

Because of the budget constraint, the Johnson family had to plan their holiday carefully. They compared prices, shopped for deals, and managed to have a wonderful time despite their financial limitations. (由于预算限制,约翰逊一家不得不仔细规划他们的假期。他们比较价格,购物寻找优惠,尽管财务有限,他们还是过得非常开心。)