把東西圈在範圍裡
這一家就是核心畫面本身:繩子收緊,東西只能待在圈內。差別只在圈住的是「事情的規模」還是「人的行動」。
keep within a limit · verb · C2
To keep something within a limit, so it cannot grow, rise, or go as far as it might.
限制
A rope or fence drawn tight around something that would otherwise spread, rise, or run further — it can still move, but only inside the line.
From Latin constringere (con- "together" + stringere "to bind tight"), via Old French constreindre — literally "to bind tightly together", the physical squeeze behind the modern sense of holding something within limits.
拉丁文 constringere 由 con-(一起)+ stringere(拉緊、綁緊)組成,字面就是「一起綁緊」;經古法文 constreindre 進入英文。現代 constrain 的「限制」感正是從這個把東西往內收緊、綁在一個範圍裡的實體動作延伸出來的,同源的還有 strict、restrict、strain。
Wiktionary / Online Etymology Dictionary entry for "constrain" (Latin constringere ← con- + stringere)
One branch
把東西圈在範圍裡
這一家就是核心畫面本身:繩子收緊,東西只能待在圈內。差別只在圈住的是「事情的規模」還是「人的行動」。
keep within a limit · verb · C2
To keep something within a limit, so it cannot grow, rise, or go as far as it might.
限制
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
constrainverb/kənˈstɹeɪn/
To force physically, by strong persuasion or pressuring; to compel; to oblige.
To keep within close bounds; to confine.
To reduce a result in response to limited resources.
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。