restraint, constraint, unbanked, intermediaries, frigate

Key European Leaders Urge Restraint in Cairo
To tackle this problem and to help us respond to the growth in this market, for our constraint is teaching our consultants, we are going to set up an accreditation scheme for other consultants.

Mobile Service Targets Cambodia's 'Unbanked'

How do you roll out a banking service in a place where most people don't have bank accounts? ANZ tackled that question in developing a mobile system it launched in Cambodia.

For the first time, a German frigate has been integrated into a US Navy carrier group. It's another example of a joint military operation that boosts ties or tackles problems that might be beyond one nation's capability.

Thales and the French state were fined over commissions linked to a sale of six Lafayette class frigates to Taiwan in 1991, in breach of the contract banning the use of intermediaries.


泰雷兹(Thales)公司和法国政府因在1991年向台湾出售6艘拉法叶级巡防舰时的佣金问题遭受处罚，它们违背了合约中不得使用中间代理商的约定。


frig·ate (frĭg'ĭt)
n.

1. A warship, usually of 4,000 to 9,000 displacement tons, that is smaller than a destroyer and used primarily for escort duty.
2. A high-speed, medium-sized sailing war vessel of the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries.
3. Archaic. A fast, light vessel, such as a sailboat.

[French frégate, from Italian fregata.]

in·ter·me·di·ar·y (ĭn'tər-mē'dē-ĕr'ē)
adj.

1. Existing or occurring between; intermediate.
2. Acting as a mediator or an agent between persons or things.

n., pl., -ies.

1. One that acts as a mediator.
2. One that acts as an agent between persons or things; a means.
3. An intermediate state or stage.

[Probably French intermédiaire, from Late Latin intermedius, intermediate. See intermediate.]

restraint,

(rĭ-strānt')
n.

1. The act of restraining or the condition of being restrained.
2. Loss or abridgment of freedom.
3. An influence that inhibits or restrains; a limitation.
4. An instrument or a means of restraining.
5. Control or repression of feelings; constraint.

[Middle English restreinte, from Old French restrainte, from feminine past participle of restraindre, to restrain. See restrain.]

constraint

(kən-strānt')
n.

1. The threat or use of force to prevent, restrict, or dictate the action or thought of others.
2. The state of being restricted or confined within prescribed bounds: soon tired of the constraint of military life.
3. One that restricts, limits, or regulates; a check: ignored all moral constraints in his pursuit of success.
4. Embarrassed reserve or reticence; awkwardness: "All constraint had vanished between the two, and they began to talk" (Edith Wharton).

[Middle English constreinte, from Old French, from feminine past participle of constraindre, to constrain. See constrain.]