英 [kənˈstreɪnt] 美 [kənˈstreɪnt]
n. 限制，束缚；克制，拘束
复数constraints
constraint /kənˈstreɪnt/ CET6+ TEM8
可数名词 A constraint is something that limits or controls what you can do. 限制
Their decision to abandon the trip was made because of financial constraints.
他们放弃这次旅行的决定是因财务限制而作出的。
不可数名词 Constraint is control over the way you behave which prevents you from doing what you want to do. 约束
Journalists were given the freedom to visit, investigate, and report without constraint.
新闻记者被赋予在没有约束下参观、调查和报道的自由。
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举例来说：车速是一个变量，80公里/每小时就是它的一个值。约束(C：constraint)：元信息的取值都有一定范围的限制，这被称为约束。
约束条件（Constraints）：对于决策变量的一些约束，它限定决策变量可以取得值。 在写数学模型时，一般第一行是目标函数，接下来是约束条件，再接着是一些...
... conservativea.保存的，防腐的；保守的，守旧的 constraintn.强制；强制因素，制约条件 correctnessn.正确，正确性 ...
束缚(Constraint)：式样 [cns]_[desc]。
constrained 拘泥的；被强迫的；不舒服的
constrainedly 勉强地；强迫地；不自然地
constrained 驱使；强迫；勉强（constrain的过去分词）
constrain 驱使；强迫；束缚
[数]约束；局促，态度不自然；强制
Journalists were given the freedom to visit, investigate, and report without constraint.
新闻记者被赋予在没有约束下参观、调查和报道的自由。
The boy felt constraint in her presence.
那男孩在她面前感到局促不安。
The terrible constraint on organ transplantation is that every life extended depends on the death of someone young enough and healthy enough to have organs worth transplanting.
器官移植的可怕约束是，一个人生命的延长要依赖于另一个足够年轻、健康的人的死亡，因为只有这些人身上才有值得移植的器官。
The vehicle will be ready for multiple attempts; our only constraint is range,"
VOA : standard.2009.06.16
Instead, we have a certain energy, we have certain geometric constraints, we have a certain energy constraint and these fall out.
然而，我们有确定的能量，我们有某些几何约束，我们有某些能量约束。
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Once you can see it and once you can step back from it, then you can also decide, "This pass is my filter. This pass is my constraint.
一旦你看到了它，一旦你能退一步思考它，你就能决定，这么走可以去伪存真，这么走会遇到困难。
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One big constraint is that Europe is in a straitjacket of its own making.
For Beck, who loves to amble around as he talks, it was an unwanted constraint.
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So the main constraint on Iran going nuclear is the availability of fissile material.