restricted
英 [rɪ'strɪktɪd]
美 [rɪ'strɪktɪd]
- adj. 受限製的；保密的
- v. 限製（restrict的過去式和過去分詞）
英文詞源
- restricted (adj.)
- "limited," 1830, past participle adjective from restrict; of documents, etc., "secret, not for public release" it is recorded from 1944. In U.S., restricted was a euphemism for "off-limits to Jews" (1947).
Manager: "I'm sorry, Mr. Marx, but we can't let you use the pool; this country club is restricted."
Groucho: "Well, my daughter's only half-Jewish; could she go in up to her knees?" [there are many versions and variations of this story, dating back to 1970s]
雙語例句
- 1. These dams have restricted the flow of the river downstream.
- 這些堤壩限製了河水順流而下。
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- 2. Entrance to universities and senior secondary schools was restricted.
- 進入大學或高中的資格受到限製。
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- 3. The government imprisoned dissidents, forbade travel, and restricted the press.
- 政府囚禁了持不同政見者，禁止出遊，並且限製了新聞自由。
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- 4. For the first two weeks patients are restricted to the grounds.
- 在頭兩周裏，病人們隻能在院子裏活動。
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- 5. Inside these zones, traffic speeds are restricted to 20 mph.
- 在這些區域內，交通限速是20英裏/小時。
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