Restraint

Definition

restrain /rÇ'streÇn/ v ~ oneself/ sb/ sth(from sth/doing sth) ခ်ဳပ္ထိန္းသည္။ ထိန္းသည္။ ခ်ဳပ္တည္းသည္။ restrain one's anger/ laughter/ tears ❍ restrain the urge to hit sb ❍ Can't you restrain your dog? ❍ I had to restrain myself from saying something rude. ❏ restrained adj ၁။ တည္ၿငိမ္ေသာ။ a restrained rebuke/ protest/ discussion ❍ He was furious, but his manner was very restrained. See also UNRESTRAined ၂။ သိမ္ေမြ႕ေသာ။ The room was furnished in an elegant, restrained style. ❏ restraint /rÇ'streÇnt/ n ၁။ [C usu pl ] ~ (on sb/ sth) အထိန္း။ ကန္႔သတ္ခ်က္။ restraints on government spending ❍ break free from the restraints of convention ❍ impose wage restraints. ၂။ [U] အထိန္းအသိမ္း။ သည္းခံျခင္း။ talk/ weep without restraint ❍ The police appealed to the crowd for restraint. ❍ He showed/ exercised considerable restraint in ignoring these insults. ၃။ [U] ဖမ္းျခင္း။ ခ်ဳပ္ျခင္း။ ဆြဲထားျခင္း။ He could only be prevented from hitting the guard by physical restraint.

Examples

1. Please restrain yourself from coughing during the performance.
2. The passenger had to be restrained by four members of the cabin crew.