constraint 音标拼音: [kənstr'ent]
n . 强制,局促
强制,局促
constraint 制约; 约束
constraint 约束
constraint n 1 :
the state of being physically constrained ; "
dogs should be kept under restraint " [
synonym : {
constraint }, {
restraint }]
2 :
a device that retards something '
s motion ; "
the car did not have proper restraints fitted " [
synonym : {
restraint },
{
constraint }]
3 :
the act of constraining ;
the threat or use of force to control the thoughts or behavior of others Constraint \
Con *
straint "\,
n . [
OF .
constrainte ,
F .
constrainte .]
The act of constraining ,
or the state of being constrained ;
that which compels to ,
or restrains from ,
action ;
compulsion ;
restraint ;
necessity .
[
1913 Webster ]
Long imprisonment and hard constraint . --
Spenser .
[
1913 Webster ]
Not by constraint ,
but by my choice ,
I came . --
Dryden .
Syn :
Compulsion ;
violence ;
necessity ;
urgency .
Usage : {
Constraint }, {
Compulsion }.
Constraint implies strong binding force ;
as ,
the constraint of necessity ;
the constraint of fear .
Compulsion implies the exertion of some urgent impelling force ;
as ,
driven by compulsion .
The former prevents us from acting agreeably to our wishes ;
the latter forces us to act contrary to our will .
Compulsion is always produced by some active agent ;
a constraint may be laid upon us by the forms of civil society ,
or by other outward circumstances .
--
Crabb .
[
1913 Webster ]
169 Moby Thesaurus words for "
constraint ":
abnegation ,
abstinence ,
aloofness ,
aplomb ,
arrest ,
arrestation ,
backwardness ,
bashfulness ,
blankness ,
caging ,
calm ,
calmness ,
check ,
chilliness ,
circumscription ,
coaction ,
coercion ,
coldness ,
composure ,
compulsion ,
compulsiveness ,
confinement ,
conservatism ,
continence ,
control ,
cool ,
cooling ,
cooling down ,
cooling off ,
coolness ,
cramp ,
curb ,
curtailment ,
deceleration ,
denial ,
detachment ,
discipline ,
discreetness ,
discretion ,
dispassion ,
distance ,
drive ,
driving ,
duress ,
enforcement ,
evenness ,
exigency ,
expressionlessness ,
forbearance ,
forcing ,
frigidity ,
frostiness ,
frugality ,
gentleness ,
goad ,
golden mean ,
guardedness ,
happy medium ,
hindrance ,
iciness ,
impartiality ,
impassiveness ,
impassivity ,
impelling ,
impersonality ,
impoundment ,
impulse ,
impulsion ,
inaccessibility ,
independence ,
inevitability ,
inhibition ,
injunction ,
interdict ,
introversion ,
irresistibility ,
judiciousness ,
juste -
milieu ,
legal restraint ,
lenity ,
lockup ,
meden agan ,
middle way ,
mildness ,
moderateness ,
moderation ,
moderationism ,
modesty ,
monopoly ,
motive ,
necessity ,
neutrality ,
nonviolence ,
nothing in excess ,
obligation ,
obligement ,
pacifism ,
penning ,
pinch ,
possession ,
press ,
pressure ,
prohibition ,
protection ,
protectionism ,
protective tariff ,
prudence ,
push ,
rash impulse ,
rationing ,
rein ,
remoteness ,
renouncement ,
renunciation ,
repose ,
repression ,
reserve ,
reservedness ,
restraint ,
restraint of trade ,
restriction ,
retardation ,
reticence ,
reticency ,
retirement ,
retiring disposition ,
retrenchment ,
self -
abnegation ,
self -
command ,
self -
conquest ,
self -
control ,
self -
denial ,
self -
discipline ,
self -
government ,
self -
mastery ,
self -
possession ,
self -
restraint ,
serenity ,
slowing down ,
soberness ,
sobriety ,
sophrosyne ,
spring ,
spur ,
stability ,
standoffishness ,
steadiness ,
stress ,
subduedness ,
suppression ,
tariff wall ,
temperance ,
temperateness ,
thought control ,
tranquillity ,
unaffability ,
unapproachability ,
uncongeniality ,
undemonstrativeness ,
unexcessiveness ,
unexpansiveness ,
unextravagance ,
unextremeness ,
urge ,
urgency ,
via media ,
violence ,
withdrawal ,
withdrawnness A {Boolean } {relation }, often an
equality or {ineqality } relation , between the values of one or
more mathematical variables (often two ). E .g . x >3 is a
constraint on x . {constraint satisfaction } attempts to assign
values to variables so that all constraints are true .
{Usenet } newsgroup : {news :comp .constraints }. {FAQ
(http ://cs .unh .edu /ccc /archive /)}.
(2002 -06 -08 )CONSTRAINT .
In the civil and Scottish law ,
by this term is understood what ,
in the common law ,
is known by the name of duress .
2 .
It is a general rule ,
that when one is compelled into a contract ,
there is no effectual consent ,
though ,
ostensibly ,
there is the form of it .
In such case the contract will be declared void .
3 .
The constraint requisite thus to annul a contract ,
must be a vis aut me us qui cadet in constantem virum ,
such as would shake a man of firmness and resolution .
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