Strait-jacket
[医] 约束衣
📖 牛津释义
strait-jacket
n
1 strong jacket-like garment put on a violent person (esp one who is mentally ill) to stop him struggling by restricting the arms 约束衣（尤指束缚精神病患者手臂用的）.2 (fig derog 比喻, 贬) thing that stops growth or development 妨碍生长或发展的事物; 束缚; 约束; 限制
the strait-jacket of repressive taxation 苛捐杂税的桎梏. strait-jacket, v [Tn]
1 put a strait-jacket on (sb) 给（某人）穿约束衣.
2 (fig 比喻) restrict the growth or development of (sth) 限制（某事物）的生长或发展; 束缚（某事物）
feel strait-jacketed by poverty 感到受贫困掣肘
feel strait-jacketed by the lack of government subsidy 因缺少政府补贴而感到捉襟见肘.
🧩 词语组成解析
jacket
['dʒækɪt]
n. 短上衣，夹克;土豆皮;书籍的护封;文件套，公文夹;
vt. 给…穿夹克;给…装护套;给…包上护封;〈口〉打;
🗣️ 情景例句
What's troubling you?
你有什么麻烦？
Virtue is the only true nobility.
唯有美德是真正高贵的。
The examiner must have been pleased with my performance, for he smiled and said.'Just one more thing, Mr.Eames.
“埃姆斯先生，只剩1项了。