restricted

英 [r?'str?kt?d] 美[r?'str?kt?d]

中低頻詞

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]

1. These dams have restricted the flow of the river downstream.: 這些堤壩限制了河水順流而下。

2. Entrance to universities and senior secondary schools was restricted.: 進入大學(xué)或高中的資格受到限制。

3. The government imprisoned dissidents, forbade travel, and restricted the press.: 政府囚禁了持不同政見者，禁止出游，并且限制了新聞自由。

4. For the first two weeks patients are restricted to the grounds.: 在頭兩周里，病人們只能在院子里活動。

5. Inside these zones, traffic speeds are restricted to 20 mph.: 在這些區(qū)域內(nèi)，交通限速是20英里/小時。