restrained
抑制された
解説 Definition
「restrained」（拘束された）とは、身体的または行動的に制限・抑制されている状態を表す形容詞です。物理的に動きを制限されている場合や、感情や行動を抑えている場合に使われます。また、デザインや表現において過度な装飾を避けた控えめなスタイルを表すこともあります。
Kept under physical, emotional, or stylistic control and prevented from moving, acting, or becoming excessive. It can describe a person whose movement is restricted, a deliberately controlled reaction, or an understated and undecorated style.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
原形 restrain に -ed を付けた過去形・過去分詞で、発音は /rɪˈstreɪnd/、-ed は /d/ です。「後ろへ抑える」という語感から、physically restrained「身体を拘束された」、a restrained response「感情を抑えた返答」、restrained design「控えめなデザイン」を同じ“行き過ぎを止める”像で覚えます。
Connect restrained with the base verb restrain, “to hold back or keep under control.” The form is made by adding -ed, pronounced /d/, and it serves as both the past participle and an adjective. Keep the image of a force being prevented from going too far: police physically restrained a suspect, an angry person gave a restrained response, and a designer used restrained colors and decoration. The context tells you whether the control is imposed from outside or deliberately maintained. For style and emotion, restrained often suggests calm moderation rather than complete absence.
例文
The suspect was restrained by the police officers during the arrest.
容疑者は逮捕の際に警察官たちによって拘束された。
She gave a restrained response despite feeling extremely angry.
彼女は非常に怒りを感じていたにもかかわらず、抑制された返答をした。
The interior design was restrained and elegant, using only neutral colors.
室内デザインは落ち着いたエレガントなもので、中間色だけが使われていた。
restrained の類義語・関連語
restrained の語源・成り立ち Etymology
restrained は動詞 restrain の過去分詞形で、古フランス語 restraindre、さらにラテン語 restringere にさかのぼります。re-「後ろへ」+ stringere「きつく縛る」から成り、「強く締めて抑える」感覚が、感情や行動を控えめにする意味になりました。関連語は restrict, strict。
Restrained is the past-participle and adjectival form of restrain. Restrain came through Old French restreindre from Latin restringere, formed from re- and stringere, “to bind or draw tight.” The literal idea of tightening or binding developed into the broader senses of limiting movement, controlling behavior, and holding back emotion. Restrict and strict are historically related through the same Latin root, although their present-day uses differ. The -ed ending marks a completed action or resulting controlled state.
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