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The parents have to restrain their daughter from running out into the street. Options: B – disallow, C – reduce, D – prevent, E – confine. The answer is C, which means to stop her; however, I think \"restrain\" is a better translation for this context, so I chose D.
Restrain: prevent, control； Suppress, restrain. It mainly refers to suppression or control, namely human subjective behavior. Confine implies restrictive, limiting, or obstructive constraints. prevent: to stop or avoid something from happening. I think it’s better to translate it as “prevent”. Imagine the scene described in this sentence: those mischievous kids run onto the road at the slightest opportunity, which is extremely unsafe! So, parents have to stop it.
Confine is used with to / of~
Uh, well, I don’t understand grammar. . .
Try this: “Restrain” has two meanings. First, it means to hold back or keep under control; to manage emotions – for example, he was able to restrain his emotions. Second, it means to prevent a person or group from doing something or acting in a certain way – in this case, she was restrained from doing something. So the best answer is “PREVENT”. This also fits the structure of the sentence
I suddenly understood; it was an eye-opener!:):)
The reason D cannot be chosen is mainly that \"confine\" cannot be used with \"from\" (\"prevent\" is used with \"from\" to mean \"to stop something from happening\")); furthermore, \"confine\" implies \"to detain\" or \"to restrict freedom of movement\", which is not appropriate in this context.