Constrained
[kən'streɪnd] or [kən'strend]
解釋/意思:
(adj.) lacking spontaneity; not natural; 'a constrained smile'; 'forced heartiness'; 'a strained smile' .
校對:威尔默--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(imp. & p. p.) of Constrain
(a.) Marked by constraint; not free; not voluntary; embarrassed; as, a constrained manner; a constrained tone.
整理:莱斯利
例句/造句/用法:
- Suppression of so much to make room for so much, had given him a constrained manner, over and above. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- Mrs. Rouncewell is constrained to admit that he is in the house. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- The assemblies for three years held out against this injustice, though constrained to bend at last. 本傑明·佛蘭克林. 佛蘭克林自傳.
- It makes instruction and learning formal, mechanical, constrained. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- In the last degree constrained, reserved, diffident, troubled. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- Now I am so pressed by the Guises and my own people that _I am constrained_ to deliver you up into the hands of your enemies, and to-morrow you will be burned unless you are converted. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- You have told me several times that you pity me, and I, in my turn, pity you, who have used the words _I am constrained_. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- He wanted to thank her for having been to see his mother, but under the ancestress's malicious eye he felt himself tongue-tied and constrained. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 純真年代.
- He had been constrained to depute Mr Venus to keep their dusty friend, Boffin, under inspection, while he himself turned lank and lean at the Bower. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- And she hurried again into the road, and again constrained herself to walk regularly and composedly forward. 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- Being no longer sullen or furious, he grew, after his fashion, constrained and embarrassed. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- If you wish, I'll see Madame Olenska, he said in a constrained voice. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 純真年代.
- He was not so constrained. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- But you do--you do make it harder to me, said Bulstrode constrained into a genuine, pleading cry. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- Yet underneath she was constrained, she knew her own insistence. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- Reflective dealings with the material of instruction is constrained and half-hearted; attention wanders. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- Thank you,' said Bradley, seating himself in his constrained manner. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- His love is constrained, and his hatred artificial; he is less interesting to women than the warrior. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
- I forced myself to be constrained, lest you might misinterpret my being more natural. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- Gradually and insensibly our daily relations towards each other became constrained. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- But his words came easily, and his voice was agreeable in tone, albeit constrained. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- He seemed to be a shy man, struggling against nervousness, and spoke in a very constrained way. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- But she kept her back turned to her son much longer than was necessary; and when she spoke, her voice seemed unusual and constrained. 伊莉莎白·蓋斯凱爾. 南方與北方.
- Thou canst not shake me by thy petty malice, answered Front-de-Boeuf, with a ghastly and constrained laugh. 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- She listened attentively, with the constrained expression still on her face, and her hands still nervously clasped together in her lap. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- They do not fix his attention upon the fact that he has to learn something and so make his attitude self-conscious and constrained. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- Sam constrained himself, however, and replied that his master was extremely well. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- The How d'ye do's were quiet and constrained on each side. 簡·奧斯丁. 愛瑪.
整理:莱斯利