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
No, I won't agree! don't waste your breath.
不。 我不会同意的。 别跟我这儿费口舌。
Just made it.
末班车。
we quickened our pace and made our way rapidly towards the stream where we hoped the boatman was waiting.
快速地朝深溪边走去，希望船夫还在那儿等着我们。