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straitjacket

/streyt-jak-it/US // ˈstreɪtˌdʒæk ɪt //UK // (ˈstreɪtˌdʒækɪt) //

紧身衣,窄身衣,窄带衫,狭义词

Related Words

embargo禁运,封锁,禁运令restriction限制,约束,限制条件,限定constraint约束力,拘束力,约束条件,限制条件prohibition禁令,禁止,禁忌,禁制reduction减少,削减,缩减,降低limit限度,限额,限定,限期ban禁止,禁令,禁忌,取缔curb路边,遏止,路边的,马路牙子cramp痉挛,痉痉挛,痉缩weight重量imprisonment监禁,监狱,囚禁,牢狱之灾obstruction阻挠,阻塞,阻碍,障碍物obstacle障碍物,障碍,绊脚石,阻碍decrease减少,降低,下降,下跌interdict拦截,阻断,拦阻,阻截check检查,检查一下stoppage停工,停机,停顿,停产repression压制,压抑,压迫,镇压arrest逮捕,拘捕,抓捕,捕获impediment障碍物,障碍,故障,阻碍

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a garment made of strong material and designed to bind the arms, as of a violently disoriented person.
    • : anything that severely confines, constricts, or hinders: Conventional attitudes can be a straitjacket, preventing original thinking.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    Also strait-jacket.

    • : to put in or as in a straitjacket: Her ambition was straitjacketed by her family.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as inrestraint
Synonyms
ban禁止,禁令,禁忌,取缔constraint约束力,拘束力,约束条件,限制条件curb路边,遏止,路边的,马路牙子embargo禁运,封锁,禁运令limit限度,限额,限定,限期prohibition禁令,禁止,禁忌,禁制reduction减少,削减,缩减,降低restriction限制,约束,限制条件,限定abridgment节略,删节,节选,节略语arrest逮捕,拘捕,抓捕,捕获bar吧台,酒吧,杠杠,栏barrier障碍物,屏障,壁垒,关卡bondage捆绑,束缚,绑缚,捆缚bridle辔头,缰绳,笼头,辔头的captivity囚禁,束缚,圈养,监禁chains链条,铁链,锁链,枷锁check检查,检查一下command指挥部,指挥,命令,指令confinement囚禁,拘禁,监禁,拘束cramp痉挛,痉痉挛,痉缩decrease减少,降低,下降,下跌deprivation匮乏,剥夺,褫夺,贫困detention拘留,拘留所,拘押,拘禁determent确定,决定性的,确定性,决定因素deterrence阻吓力,威慑力,阻吓,阻吓性fetters枷锁,羁绊,镣铐,铐子hindrance阻碍,障碍物,障碍,阻碍因素impediment障碍物,障碍,故障,阻碍imprisonment监禁,监狱,囚禁,牢狱之灾instruction指示,指令,教学,指导interdict拦截,阻断,拦阻,阻截obstacle障碍物,障碍,绊脚石,阻碍obstruction阻挠,阻塞,阻碍,障碍物order秩序,订单,顺序,命令pinions小齿轮,齿轮,小行星,鸟类rein缰绳,巩固,加强,巩固地位repression压制,压抑,压迫,镇压rope绳索,绳子,绳,绳缆stop停止,停下来,停,停住stoppage停工,停机,停顿,停产string绳子,弦,绳索,线绳taboo禁忌,忌讳,禁忌症,忌諱weight重量
Antonyms
allowance津贴,补贴,津补贴,补助enlargement扩增,扩建,扩大,加大permission许可,准许,允许,许可证advantage优势aid援助assistance援助,协助,帮助,协助工作beginning开始,初期,开头,起点continuation继续,延续,延续性,继续进行encouragement鼓励,激励,励志,励expansion扩张,扩建,拓展,扩容freedom自由,自由度,自由权,自由的go去,走,前往,走吧help帮助,帮忙,帮忙的,帮助的independence独立性,独立,独立自主,独立的indulgence放纵,放任自流,纵容,放任liberation解放,解放思想,解放组织,解放军liberty自由,自由度,自由权,自由的license许可证,执照,许可,许可证制度promotion促进,促销,晋升,推广release释放,发布,发行,发布会start开始,启动,开始吧,开启support支持,支助,支撑,支持率agitation躁动,扰动,搅拌,搅拌器arousal觉醒,唤醒,唤起,兴奋wildness野性,狂野性,狂野,野生

Examples

  • Past precedent is important and instructive, but it shouldn’t be a straitjacket.

  • But the very decision to sell songs to targeted genre fans has turned into an aesthetic straitjacket.

  • What matters now for Rowhani is whether he can get anything done within the straitjacket imposed by Khamenei.

  • But they are struggling to overcome the ideological straitjacket that has become the U.S. Congress.

  • “I hope that the visit and U.S. engagement will put the generals in a straitjacket,” said Aung Zaw.

  • It was, almost literally, a political straitjacket for President Obama.

  • His arms were inserted in the long, closed sleeves of the straitjacket.

  • The next minute he was pinned, handcuffed, and in a straitjacket, after crippling one assailant with a kick on the knee.

  • I always thought him sane enough until today, but you can take it from me that either he or I ought to be in a straitjacket.

  • The straitjacket which German idealism has provided is certainly far too narrow even for the varieties of human imagination.

  • His first move was to take the straitjacket in his own hands and order me to stand.

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