constrained

英 [kənˈstreɪnd]

美 [kənˈstreɪnd]

adj. 不自然的; 强迫的; 过于受约束的
v. 强迫; 强制; 迫使; 限制; 限定; 约束
constrain的过去分词和过去式

过去分词：constrained　过去式：constrained　

BNC.25289 / COCA.25805

牛津词典

adj.

不自然的；强迫的；过于受约束的
not natural; forced or too controlled
1. constrained emotions
  受压抑的情感

VERB 约束;限制;强迫
Toconstrainsomeone or something means to limit their development or force them to behave in a particular way.
1. 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。
2. How can we produce top-class engineers when universities are constrained to offer salaries that can only attract mediocre staff?...
  大学的财力有限，提供的薪酬仅能吸引水平一般的教师，在这种情况下，我们如何能培养出一流的工程师？
3. It's the capacity of those roads which is going to constrain the amount of travel by car that can take place.
  制约驾车出行量的将会是那些道路的通行能力。
PHRASE 觉得被迫(做某事)
If youfeel constrained todo something, you feel that you must do it, even though you would prefer not to.
1. For some reason he felt constrained to lower his voice.
  不知怎么的，他觉得自己必须得压低声音。

adj

lacking spontaneity
1. a constrained smile
2. forced heartiness
3. a strained smile
Synonym:forcedstrained

I felt constrained to apologize to you for what I had said.
我为我所说的话非向你表示歉意不可。
But further development has so far been constrained by lack of infrastructure.
然而，进一步的发展受到了基础设施短缺的制约。
Hunger constrained him to eat.
饥饿迫使他进食。
For some reason he felt constrained to lower his voice.
不知怎么的，他觉得自己必须得压低声音。
At the first meeting he was rather constrained and said little.
初次见面时，他有些拘谨，不怎么说话。
The modelling problem for a cantilever beam with a controllable constrained damping layer is discussed in detail.
建立了可控约束阻尼层悬臂梁的动力学模型，分析了模型中的不确定性。
We feel quite free and easy with him, not in the least constrained.
跟他在一起很随便，一点儿也不拘束。
Cold weather constrained the plant's growth.
寒冷的天气抑制了植物的生长。
In this paper, we consider an affine-scaling algorithm for the bound constrained optimization problem.
本文我们考虑求解边界约束优化问题的一个仿射尺度算法。
I felt constrained to do what he told me.
我觉得自己是被迫去做他要我做的事情。