Strait-jacket

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 约束衣（尤指束缚精神病患者手臂用的）.2 (fig derog 比喻, 贬) thing that stops growth or development 妨碍生长或发展的事物; 束缚; 约束; 限制 the strait-jacket of repressive taxation 苛捐杂税的桎梏. strait-jacket, v [Tn] 1 put a strait-jacket on (sb) 给（某人）穿约束衣. 2 (fig 比喻) restrict the growth or development of (sth) 限制（某事物）的生长或发展; 束缚（某事物） feel strait-jacketed by poverty 感到受贫困掣肘 feel strait-jacketed by the lack of government subsidy 因缺少政府补贴而感到捉襟见肘.