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constraint on someone/something
collocation
something that controls what someone does, or what can happen to something, by keeping the person or thing within particular limits:
The new policy will place significant constraints on our ability to maintain service levels.
Financial constraints on the company are preventing them from employing new staff.公司财务紧张使得他们不能再聘请新员工。
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constraint
The biggest constraint on our expansion plans is not funding but corporate politics.
Time constraints on teaching staff are affecting students' learning.
It was a safe space with no constraints on what members of the group could say.
One constraint on growth is the difficulty in finding suitable retail premises.
Despite the considerable legal constraints on these companies, they have flourished.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
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anti-libertarian
armlock
boundary
box someone out
box someone/something in
cripplingly
crowd
curb
curtail
curtailment
keep (herself) to herselfidiom
limit
limitation
limitative
limiting
suffocatingly
tempered
tie someone down
tie someone up
uncrippled
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