单词 | stricture |
释义 | stricture (strɪktʃəʳ ) Word forms: strictures 1. countable noun [usually plural] You can use strictures to refer to severe criticism or disapproval of something. [formal] ...the Church's strictures on lending money at exorbitant interest. [+ on/against] His strictures against the bankers are misdirected. 2. countable noun [usually plural] You can refer to things that limit what you can do as strictures of a particular kind. [mainly formal] Your goals are hindered by financial strictures. ...the power of the imagination to subdue the strictures of daily life. Synonyms: limitation, restriction, constraint, condition |
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