• n. 韁繩；駕馭；統(tǒng)治；支配
• vt. 控制；駕馭；勒住
• vi. 勒住馬
• n. (Rein)人名；(西、阿拉伯)雷因；(法)蘭；(英、荷、捷、德、芬、瑞典)賴因；(愛沙)雷恩

來自（縮寫自）拉丁語 retinere,維持，控制，詞源同 retain.引申諸相關(guān)詞義。

rein

rein: [13] A rein is etymologically something that ‘retains’. It goes back via Old French rene to Vulgar Latin *retina, a descendant of the Latin verb retinēre ‘hold back’, from which English gets retain and retinue. The rein for horses has no connection with the rein- of reindeer [14], incidentally; that comes from Old Norse hreinn ‘reindeer’, which may be of Lappish origin.
=> retain, retinue

rein (n.)

c. 1300, "strap fastened to a bridle," from Old French rene, resne "reins, bridle strap, laces" (Modern French rêne), probably from Vulgar Latin *retina "a bond, check," back-formation from Latin retinere "hold back" (see retain). To give something free rein is originally of horses.

rein (v.)

c. 1300, from rein (n.). Figurative extension "put a check on" first recorded 1580s. Related: Reined; reining. To rein up "halt" (1550s) is from the way to make a horse stop by pulling up on the reins.

1. The government would try to rein back inflation.

政府將努力控制通貨膨脹。

來自柯林斯例句

2. The horse answered to the slightest pull on the rein.

只要韁繩輕輕一拉,馬就作出反應(yīng).

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

3. Her parents had kept her on a tight rein with their narrow and inflexible views.

她的父母觀念狹隘而僵化，對她管束很嚴(yán)。

來自柯林斯例句

4. The government continued to believe it should give free rein to the private sector in transport.

政府仍然認(rèn)為應(yīng)該給予交通領(lǐng)域的私營企業(yè)以經(jīng)營自由。

來自柯林斯例句

5. Mary spoiled both her children, then tried too late to rein them in.

瑪麗慣壞了她的兩個孩子，想要管束他們的時候已經(jīng)來不及了。

來自柯林斯例句