straitjacket /ˈstreɪtˌdʒækɪt/

• 1. 

  N-COUNT A straitjacket is a special jacket used to tie the arms of a violent person tightly around their body. 约束衣

  例：

  Occasionally his behaviour became so uncontrollable that he had to be placed in a straitjacket.

  有时他的行为会如此失控，以至他不得不被穿上一件约束衣。

• 2. 

  N-COUNT If you describe an idea or a situation as a straitjacket, you mean that it is very limited and restricting. 束缚

  例：

  ...the ideological straitjacket of religious fundamentalism.

  …宗教的原教旨主义意识形态上的束缚。