And she, restraining the desire to complain about housework, would respond, "Husband, I am glad!" (Para. 14)
restrain: vt. prevent from doing something; hold back
He could not restrain his intense wish to speak to her. 他抑制不住想和她说话的强烈愿望。
Children must be restrained from doing wrong until they are old enough to make their own moral decisions. 在孩子们尚未长大到可以自己判断是非之前，要管好他们不让他们做错事。
Prisoners are sometimes restrained from writing to their families. 有时候不允许囚犯写信回家。