straitjacketing

英['streɪtdʒækɪt] 美['streɪtdʒækɪt]
  • n.紧身衣;束缚物v.约束=straightjacket.
straitjacketed straitjacketed straitjacketing straitjackets
  • str abbr.同步发射机接收机(=synchronoustransmitterreceiver)
  • Str. [医]链球菌属
  • stra (复strae)横纹,纹,条纹,线条,陷线(昆虫),壳纹,壳线间隙
  • Straach n.施特拉阿赫(在德国;东经12º36'北纬51º56')
  • Straahl 斯特拉尔
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

    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。

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