straitjackets
英
美 [ˈstreɪtˌdʒækəts]
n. 约束衣,紧身衣(有时用以束缚精神病患者); 束缚; 桎梏; 约束
straitjacket的复数
柯林斯词典
- N-COUNT (用以约束行为狂暴者的)约束服,紧身衣
A straitjacket is a special jacket used to tie the arms of a violent person tightly around their body.
- Occasionally his behavior became so uncontrollable that he had to be placed in a straitjacket.
他的行为偶尔会变得如此失控,不得不给他穿上约束服。
- N-COUNT 约束;桎梏;束缚
If you describe an idea or a situation as a straitjacket, you mean that it is very limited and restricting.
- The national curriculum must be a guide, not a straitjacket.
国家课程设置必须是指导性的,而不是约束性的。 - ...the ideological straitjacket of religious fundamentalism.
原教旨主义对意识形态的束缚