Strait-jacket
[醫] 約束衣
?? 牛津釋義
strait-jacket
n
1 strong jacket-like garment put on a violent person (esp one who is mentally ill) to stop him struggling by restricting the arms 約束衣（尤指束縛精神病患者手臂用的）.2 (fig derog 比喻, 貶) thing that stops growth or development 妨礙生長或發展的事物; 束縛; 約束; 限制
the strait-jacket of repressive taxation 苛捐雜稅的桎梏. strait-jacket, v [Tn]
1 put a strait-jacket on (sb) 給（某人）穿約束衣.
2 (fig 比喻) restrict the growth or development of (sth) 限制（某事物）的生長或發展; 束縛（某事物）
feel strait-jacketed by poverty 感到受貧困掣肘
feel strait-jacketed by the lack of government subsidy 因缺少政府補貼而感到捉襟見肘.
?? 詞語組成解析
jacket
['d??k?t]
n. 短上衣，夾克;土豆皮;書籍的護封;文件套，公文夾;
vt. 給…穿夾克;給…裝護套;給…包上護封;〈口〉打;
??? 情景例句
As soon as I recover from my nervous breakdown.
只等我從神經崩潰中恢復過來。
When was the last time he wrote you ?
他給你寫最后一次是什么時候？
What a nice day it is!
今天天氣真好！