straitjacket

英 [ˈstreɪtdʒækɪt]

美 [ˈstreɪtdʒækɪt]

n.  约束衣，紧身衣(有时用以束缚精神病患者); 束缚; 桎梏; 约束

复数：straitjackets　

BNC.20096 / COCA.22431

牛津词典

noun

• 约束衣，紧身衣（有时用以束缚精神病患者）
  a piece of clothing like a jacket with long arms which are tied to prevent the person wearing it from behaving violently. Straitjackets are sometimes used to control people who are mentally ill.
• 束缚；桎梏；约束
  a thing that stops sth from growing or developing
  1. the straitjacket of taxation
     纳税的束缚

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT (用以约束行为狂暴者的)约束服，紧身衣
  Astraitjacketis a special jacket used to tie the arms of a violent person tightly around their body.
  1. 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 astraitjacket, you mean that it is very limited and restricting.
  1. 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。
  2. ...the ideological straitjacket of religious fundamentalism.
     原教旨主义对意识形态的束缚

英英释义

noun

• 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
  Synonym:straightjacket
• anything immaterial that severely hinders or confines
  1. they defected because Russian dance was in a straitjacket
  2. the government is operating in an economic straitjacket

双语例句

• In order to circumvent the straitjacket of national wage rates, employers in many cities offer non-pecuniary rewards to their workers.
  为了避免全国工资率的约束，许多城市的雇主不以金钱的形式付给工人报酬。
• One of the things that keeps the party in its straitjacket is the tea-party movement.
  让共和党陷入这种困境的一个原因就是茶党运动。
• Climate change policy can be linked to development and win support from developing countries for low carbon growth – but not if it is imposed as a straitjacket.
  气候变化政策可以与发展联系起来，从而赢得发展中国家对低碳经济增长的支持&但作为一项约束性措施强加于人就行不通。
• Dean carried out tricks by breaking out of a straitjacket while dangling hundred of meters above the ground and successfully achieved it with admiration of audience.
  最终，在观众的赞叹声中，迪安成功挣脱身上的束缚，安全回到地面。
• Some economists believe capping budget deficits at3 percent of GDP and total public debt at60 percent of GDP acts more as a straitjacket for the economy rather than as an anchor for price stability.
  条约上把财政赤字的上限设为GDP的百分之三，把公共债务总额的上限设为GDP的百分之六十。而一些经济学家认为，这只能限制经济发展而不能起到稳定物价的作用。
• The new playwrights broke out of the old conventional straitjacket.
  新的剧作家们冲破了老传统的束缚。
• I was bound up in a straitjacket.
  我被用紧身衣绑了起来。
• MSCI defines who is a member of which club and most investors are obliged to live within this straitjacket whether they like it or not and whether it fits with changing global economic realities or not.
  MSCI划定某个国家属于某个俱乐部，大多数投资者只知道接受这种划定，无论他们喜欢与否，也无论这种划定是否符合不断变化的全球经济现实。
• Joe Barton, a Republican congressman and global-warming sceptic, says it will put the American economy in a straitjacket.
  乔•巴顿，共和党国会议员，全球气候变暖怀疑论者，称这将给美国经济穿上紧身衣。
• Although it was not all bad, the lawplaced a straitjacket on companies and their auditors which was so tight thatit has since had to be loosened.
  虽然这并不全是坏事，但是法律给企业和审计师穿了一个太紧的紧身衣，以至于现在不得不放松一点。