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straitjacket
[ˈstreɪtdʒækɪt] [ˈstreɪtdʒækɪt]

  • n. 紧身衣
  • vt. 约束(等于 strait-jacket)

[ 复数 straitjackets 第三人称单数 straitjackets 现在分词 straitjacketing 过去式 straitjacketed 过去分词 straitjacketed ]

英英释义

straitjacket [ 'streit,dʒækit ]

  • n.
    • anything immaterial that severely hinders or confines

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

    • 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

      同义词: straightjacket

以上来源于: WordNet

 柯林斯英汉双解大词典 

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。

双语例句权威例句

  • McDaniel's role was blasted by progressive African-American groups, and she was straitjacketed for much of the rest of her career in similar, stereotyped roles.

    麦克丹尼尔表演遭到了当时思想进步非裔美国人的猛烈抨击,从那之后,演艺生涯出演其他类似角色都受到了极大的限制。

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更多双语例句
  • These days, in short, summits are like a mad hospital ward, filled with the broken-limbed, straitjacketed and terminally ill.

    ECONOMIST: Charlemagne

  • "We cannot risk being straitjacketed into a one-size-fits-all approach, " he warned.

    BBC: EU bank regulation motion

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