| 单词 | straitjacket |
| 释义 | straitjacket (once / 34661 pages) n WORD FAMILY straitjacket: straitjackets USAGE EXAMPLESEuropean banks complain of being forced into an American-designed straitjacket. Economist(Nov 24, 2016) “The overtime rule is not a straitjacket,” he said. Wall Street Journal(Nov 22, 2016) The soaring spires, the sloping shores, the straitjacket of the street grid — many things give form to the great metropolis. New York Times(Nov 17, 2016) 1n 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 Syn|Hyper straightjacket garment an article of clothing 2n anything immaterial that severely hinders or confines they defected because Russian dance was in a straitjacket the government is operating in an economic straitjacket Hyper balk, baulk, check, deterrent, handicap, hinderance, hindrance, impediment something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress |
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