Constrained can be categorized as a verb and an adjective.
Adjective |
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| constrained - lacking spontaneity; not natural; "a constrained smile"; "forced heartiness"; "a strained smile" | ||
Verb |
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| constrain - hold back | ||
| constrain - restrict; "Tighten the rules"; "stiffen the regulations" |
| # | Sentence | ||
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| 1. | adj. | A constrained smile. | |
| 2. | verb | We are constrained to and restrained from an action. | |
| 3. | verb | The government finances are severely constrained because of falling tax revenues. | |
| 4. | verb | I felt constrained to help her. | |
| 5. | verb | I was constrained to tell a lie. | |
| 6. | verb | Let me add some words about sentence fusion. A human is given two sentences and asked to produce a single coherent sentence that contains only the important information from the original two. This is a highly constrained summarization task. Investigations — carried out by Hal Daume and Daniel Marcu — has shown "that even at this restricted level, there is no measurable agreement between humans regarding what information should be considered important." | |
| 7. | verb | They are constrained by diplomatic protocol. | |
| 8. | verb | Excessive reliance on monetary policy an attempt to curb inflation could unnecessarily constrain credit and hence business. | |
| 9. | verb | Changes in water availability, both episodic and long-lasting, will constrain different forms of energy production. | |
| 10. | verb | What human trespass would constrain thy power, O Zeus? | |
| 11. | verb | Scarce out of sight of Sicily, they set / their sails to sea, and merrily ploughed the main, / with brazen beaks, when Juno, harbouring yet / within her breast the ever-ranking pain, / mused thus: "Must I then from the work refrain, / nor keep this Trojan from the Latin throne, / baffled, forsooth, because the Fates constrain?" | |
| 12. | verb | Dragged by her tresses from Minerva's fane, / Cassandra comes, the Priameian maid, / stretching to heaven her burning eyes in vain, / her eyes, for bonds her tender hands constrain. | |
| 13. | verb | Once more Anchises bids us cross the main / and seek Ortygia, and the god constrain / by prayer to pardon and advise, what end / of evils to expect? what woes remain? / What fate hereafter shall our steps attend? / What rest for toil-worn men, and whitherward to wend? | |
| 14. | verb | "But ne'er the town, by Destiny assigned, / your walls shall gird, till famine's pangs constrain / to gnaw your boards, in quittance for our slain." | |
| 15. | verb | "This more, besides, I charge thee to obey, / if any faith to Helenus be due, / or skill in prophecy the seer display, / and mighty Phoebus hath inspired me true, / these warning words I urge, and oft will urge anew: / Seek Juno first; great Juno's power adore; / with suppliant gifts the potent queen constrain, / and winds shall waft thee to Italia's shore." | |
| 16. | verb | As another of our friends has said, translation is not about replacing one language with others. Translation will, on the contrary, help the language to enter the scientific field so that it can be promoted again and again. We should open our eyes: there is a huge difference between a translated language, which can be adopted, and an orphaned language whose mere diffusion would constrain it, even if that were not the original intention. |
| Sentence | |
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| adj. | |
| A constrained smile. |
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| verb | |
| We are constrained to and restrained from an action. | |
| The government finances are severely constrained because of falling tax revenues. | |
| I felt constrained to help her. | |
| I was constrained to tell a lie. | |
| Let me add some words about sentence fusion. A human is given two sentences and asked to produce a single coherent sentence that contains only the important information from the original two. This is a highly constrained summarization task. Investigations — carried out by Hal Daume and Daniel Marcu — has shown "that even at this restricted level, there is no measurable agreement between humans regarding what information should be considered important." | |
| They are constrained by diplomatic protocol. | |
| Excessive reliance on monetary policy an attempt to curb inflation could unnecessarily constrain credit and hence business. | |
| Changes in water availability, both episodic and long-lasting, will constrain different forms of energy production. | |
| What human trespass would constrain thy power, O Zeus? | |
| Scarce out of sight of Sicily, they set / their sails to sea, and merrily ploughed the main, / with brazen beaks, when Juno, harbouring yet / within her breast the ever-ranking pain, / mused thus: "Must I then from the work refrain, / nor keep this Trojan from the Latin throne, / baffled, forsooth, because the Fates constrain?" | |
| Dragged by her tresses from Minerva's fane, / Cassandra comes, the Priameian maid, / stretching to heaven her burning eyes in vain, / her eyes, for bonds her tender hands constrain. | |
| Once more Anchises bids us cross the main / and seek Ortygia, and the god constrain / by prayer to pardon and advise, what end / of evils to expect? what woes remain? / What fate hereafter shall our steps attend? / What rest for toil-worn men, and whitherward to wend? | |
| "But ne'er the town, by Destiny assigned, / your walls shall gird, till famine's pangs constrain / to gnaw your boards, in quittance for our slain." | |
| "This more, besides, I charge thee to obey, / if any faith to Helenus be due, / or skill in prophecy the seer display, / and mighty Phoebus hath inspired me true, / these warning words I urge, and oft will urge anew: / Seek Juno first; great Juno's power adore; / with suppliant gifts the potent queen constrain, / and winds shall waft thee to Italia's shore." | |
| As another of our friends has said, translation is not about replacing one language with others. Translation will, on the contrary, help the language to enter the scientific field so that it can be promoted again and again. We should open our eyes: there is a huge difference between a translated language, which can be adopted, and an orphaned language whose mere diffusion would constrain it, even if that were not the original intention. | |