straitjacket

英 ['streɪtdʒækɪt] 美 ['streɪtdʒækɪt]

• n. 紧身衣；束缚物
• v. 约束
• =straightjacket.

英英释义

Noun:

1. anything immaterial that severely hinders or confines;

   "they defected because Russian dance was in a straitjacket"
   "the government is operating in an economic straitjacket"
   

2. a garment similar to a jacket that is used to bind the arms tightly against the body as a means of restraining a violent person

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. Beijing may have been put in a straitjacket for the Games.
   北京就像是为了奥运会穿上了紧身衣。
2. I refuse to be fitted into any ideological straitjacket.
   我不会被任何观念所束缚。

词汇搭配

• strait jacket 拘束衣

近反义词

【近义词】

• restriction 限制
• limitation 限制
• restraint 克制
• shackles 脚镣
• constraint 约束
• repression 抑制
• straightjacket 紧身衣