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.

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