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

• The company is now free from the straitjacket of government regulation.
  这家公司如今不用受政府管制的约束了。
• 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。
• That's why they are a straitjacket.
  那就是为什么它们是紧身衣。
• 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。
• And this collapse, in turn, had a lot to do with the euro, which trapped Greece in an economic straitjacket.
  而希腊经济的崩溃，也与欧元有关&它把希腊拴在了一个经济牢笼里。
• But if the economic straitjacket stays tight, says a senior European diplomat, "in the long term I think the situation will be disastrous."
  如果经济束缚依然过紧，一个欧洲高级外交官表示，“我认为这样的局势长此以往会引发灾难。”
• No one benefits if the financial sector is restrained in a regulatory straitjacket that makes structural change impossible and abolishes growth and innovation.
  如果金融部门穿上监管的紧身衣，变得束手束脚，使得结构性改革成为不可能，并破坏增长和创新，那么没有人能从中受益。
• 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。
• Having seen finance wreak havoc, the temptation will be to bind it in a regulatory straitjacket.
  由于已经目睹金融系统的大破坏，因此金融的诱惑将被严格管治。
• We don't have to fit him for any straitjacket.
  我们不必这样难为他。