rein

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rein1 /reɪn/ noun → rain, reign

1. DSH[countableC usually plural] a long narrow band of leather that is fastened around a horse’s head in order to control it 缰绳 → bridle

2 give (full/free) rein to something EXPRESSto allow an emotion or feeling to be expressed freely 放任〔情感〕，对〔思想〕不加约束

He gave free rein to his imagination.

他任想象信马由缰。

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give (full/free) rein to something• You'd be given free rein to run the show how you wanted it.• Despite giving full rein to Laura's inner struggles and torments, Fuentes is far more interested in the grand scale.• So, goes the conspiracy, the Foreign Office can now give free rein to its instinctive Arabism.• The result has been that recent chancellors have been able to give free rein to their tax-reforming ambitions.

3. give somebody (a) free rein INDEPENDENT PERSONto give someone complete freedom to do a job in whatever way they choose 〔工作上〕给予某人绝对自由

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give somebody (a) free rein• No, it was thanks to my culinary abilities that Marie-Claude gave me free rein of both her kitchen and her bedchamber.• Then I pretty much give them free rein.• I would discuss the script, say, on proportional representation, and then give him free rein.• While watching him at work she impulsively asked to borrow his materials and followed his advice to give her imagination free rein.• Such as he can not comprehend that which prompts others to give their heart free rein!

4 keep a tight rein on somebody/something CONTROLto control something strictly 对某人/某事物严加控制

The finance director keeps a tight rein on spending.

财务主管严格控制开支。

5 take/hand over the reins CONTROLto take or give someone control over an organization or country 接过/交出权力

Owens will officially take over the reins in a few weeks.

几个星期以后欧文斯将正式接手掌权。

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take/hand over the reins• Campbell Christie takes over the reins at Brockville tomorrow.• The younger generation had taken over the reins.• Finally, on November 24, he took over the reins of the Puzzle Palace from the retiring director.

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rein• Despite bad moods and worse manners, the car could always be tamed by appreciation, patience and just enough rein.• And the mare, as if finally understanding, begins to strain, tosses her head wildly, pulls at the reins.• He dragged on the reins and drew the buggy around, flaying the horse with his whip.• The ponies were growing restless, and she shook the reins and sent them on down the gentle slope towards the house.• He gave me the backbone to take the reins and be assertive and a little more aggressive.• SunSelect general manager, Carl Ledbetter, takes the reins of the combined unit.• Meanwhile, Seb tied the reins of his horse to the back of the cart before sprinting towards the manor house.

rein2 verb

1 rein something ↔ in (also rein something ↔ back British English) phrasal verbphr v

a) CONTROLto start to control a situation more strictly 开始对…严加控制

The government is reining in public expenditure.

政府正在收紧公共开支。

b) DSHto make a horse go more slowly by pulling on the reins 用缰绳勒马〔使慢行〕

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rein in• Bandelier did prompt his parents to take steps to rein Kip in.• Impressions gleaned in childhood and rein forced in adolescence cling like limpets into adulthood despite valiant efforts to shake them off.• I was used to riding with my reins hanging in festoons.• Hawkins was dozing on his seat, the reins loose in his hands.• I sat snug in the tooled leather saddle, the reins lying easily in one hand.• Just those in power want to keep their hands on the reins and in the tills.• Cadogan reins him in, you know.

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rein• She was considered a wild girl who only needed reining in, and Hank was the man to do it.• But Puerto Rico is relying on Big Government to rein in crime and address festering social problems in the developments.• Further spotlighting that metamorphosis, Bush's budget used tones of moderation to describe its effort to rein in spending.• The ruling is an important victory for groups trying to rein in such verdicts.• The strategy of bartering, mentioned earlier is one way to rein in the cost of a date.• After reining in the regional barons and tackling the business oligarchs, Mr Putin read the riot act to the generals.• Bandelier did prompt his parents to take steps to rein Kip in.

From Longman Business Dictionary

reinrein1 /reɪn/ noun

1keep a tight rein on something to control something strictly

The finance director keeps a tight rein on spending.

2take/hand over the reins to take or give someone control over an organization or country

I only took over the financial reins three weeks before the end of the financial year.

reinrein2 verb

→ rein something → in

Origin rein1

(1200-1300) Old French rene, from Latin retinere; → RETAIN

rein1 nounrein2 verb

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