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。
- 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)
- 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)
- 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”。
发展历史和文化背景
Section titled “发展历史和文化背景”“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。)