| 单词 | strait-jacketing |
| 释义 | > as lemmasstrait-jacketing strait-jacketing n. and adj. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > restriction of free action > [noun] locking1503 coarctinga1513 constraint1590 stint1593 coarctation1605 manacling1649 strait-waistcoating1859 hemming-in1905 strait-jacketing1950 the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > restriction of free action > [adjective] strangling1606 straiteninga1652 fettery1654 cramp1786 cramping1788 astricting1837 strait-jacketing1950 society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restriction or limitation > [noun] > of free action coarctinga1513 constraint1590 stint1593 coarctation1605 manacling1649 strait-waistcoating1859 hemming-in1905 strait-jacketing1950 society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restriction or limitation > [adjective] > of free action strangling1606 straiteninga1652 fettery1654 cramp1786 cramping1788 astricting1837 strait-jacketing1950 1950 Times 20 Mar. 3/3 Tendencies towards reducing Socialist democracy to a minimum, including the strait-jacketing of opinion and the suppression of the initiative of the people. 1965 K. H. Connell in D. V. Glass & D. E. C. Eversley Population in Hist. xvii. 433 The Malthusian theory, freed of its mathematical strait-jacketing, had a precise relevance to Irish conditions. 1977 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 26 May 17/1 Paradoxically, he finds liberation in a succession of instrumental works, the Trio, Symphony, Concerto, and two Quartets, all written according to certain principles of Schoenberg's new, reputedly strait-jacketing twelve-tone system. 1979 Time Out 5–11 Oct. 20/3 The possible straitjacketing effect of producing another revue. < as lemmas |
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