straitjacket

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Clothesstraitjacketstrait‧jack‧et, straightjacket /ˈstreɪtˌdʒækɪt/ noun [countable] 1 DCCSCa special piece of clothing that prevents someone from moving their arms, used to control someone who is being violent or, in the past, someone who was mentally ill2 LIMITsomething such as a law or set of ideas that puts very strict or unfair limits on someone the straitjacket of censorshipExamples from the Corpusstraitjacket• Designed for a government of clerks, civil service became a straitjacket in an era of knowledge workers.• People realize that we lived in a straitjacket for along time.• I spent that night in a straitjacket of fear.• However, as no votes have been recorded at these junctures the arithmetic straitjacket has remained largely hidden.• Cameron knew how good his son really was, and encouraged him to break free of the pop straitjacket.• The smiling realists are relieved that good old-fashioned national interest may burst out of the straitjacket of Brussels directives.Origin straitjacket (1800-1900) strait “narrow, tight” ( → STRAIT) + jacket

单词	straitjacket
释义	straitjacket From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Clothesstraitjacketstrait‧jack‧et, straightjacket /ˈstreɪtˌdʒækɪt/ noun [countable] 1 DCCSCa special piece of clothing that prevents someone from moving their arms, used to control someone who is being violent or, in the past, someone who was mentally ill2 LIMITsomething such as a law or set of ideas that puts very strict or unfair limits on someone the straitjacket of censorshipExamples from the Corpusstraitjacket• Designed for a government of clerks, civil service became a straitjacket in an era of knowledge workers.• People realize that we lived in a straitjacket for along time.• I spent that night in a straitjacket of fear.• However, as no votes have been recorded at these junctures the arithmetic straitjacket has remained largely hidden.• Cameron knew how good his son really was, and encouraged him to break free of the pop straitjacket.• The smiling realists are relieved that good old-fashioned national interest may burst out of the straitjacket of Brussels directives.Origin straitjacket (1800-1900) strait “narrow, tight” ( → STRAIT) + jacket
随便看	be on the trail of somebody/something be on the up be on the up and up be on the verge of be on the verge of doing be on the verge of doing something be on the verge of something be on the wagon be on the warpath be on the watch for be on the watch for somebody/something be on the way out be on the wing be on the wrong tack be on the wrong track be on the wrong track be on the wrong track/tack be on the/your way out be on thin ice be on top of the world be on top of your game be on track be on welfare unemployment be on welfare/on unemployment be on your back