straitjacket
n. 紧身衣
vt. 约束(等于 strait-jacket)
复数 straitjackets
第三人称单数 straitjackets
现在分词 straitjacketing
过去式 straitjacketed
过去分词 straitjacketed
例句
Occasionally his behaviour became so uncontrollable that he had to be placed in a straitjacket.
有时他的行为会如此失控,以至他不得不被穿上一件约束衣。
《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
One of the things that keeps the party in its straitjacket is the tea-party movement.
让共和党陷入这种困境的一个原因就是茶党运动。
The jury will have to be forced into an “intellectual straitjacket”, one law professor suggested.
一位法律教授说,陪审团将会陷入“左右为难的处境”。