withstrain

词形变化

withstrained withstraining withstrains 三单 withstrains withstraining 现在分词 withstrained 过去式 withstrained 过去分词

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To restrain.

    及物

    Even when this is known, [only] with difficulty is the multitude withstrained from doing sacrifice to a Paul and a Barnabas.

    Her ambition became boundless and her patriotism an obsession. Her pride was in her power and she held weakness in contempt. Withstrained by no scruples she placed her reliance in the sword, […]

词源

From Middle English withstreynen, equivalent to with- + strain.

来源：wiktionary