1. 限制;制約因素;管制措施
    Restraints are rules or conditions that limit or restrict someone or something.

    e.g. The Prime Minister is calling for new restraints on trade unions...
           首相正在呼吁對工會施加新的限制措施。
    e.g. With open frontiers and lax visa controls, criminals could cross into the country without restraint.
           由于邊境開放和簽證管理松懈，罪犯可以毫無限制地進(jìn)入這個國家。

2. 克制;抑制;遏制
    Restraint is calm, controlled, and unemotional behaviour.

    e.g. They behaved with more restraint than I'd expected...
           他們表現(xiàn)得比我預(yù)料的更為克制。
    e.g. I'll speak to the staff and ask them to exercise restraint and common sense.
           我會和員工談一談，要他們加強(qiáng)自制，理智處事。

3. 限制;控制
    Restraint of something is the act of preventing it from increasing too much or from being done freely.

restraint的解釋

    e.g. For a year and a half, wage restraint on a voluntary basis worked...
           在一年半的時間里，自愿實(shí)行的限薪措施奏效了。
    e.g. He sued them for restraint of trade and won.
           他控告他們實(shí)行貿(mào)易管制，并且勝訴了。