(亦作straightjacket)
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- a strong garment with long sleeves which can be tied together to confine the arms of a violent prisoner or mental patient（用于束缚有暴力倾向的犯人或精神病人双臂的有长袖的）约束衣。
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- used in reference to something which restricts freedom of action, development, or expression（限制自由活动、发展或表达的）束缚物, 约束物：
the government is operating in an economic straitjacket.
政府的运作正在受到经济的约束。
(-jacketed, -jacketing)with obj.
1- restrain with a straitjacket用约束衣束缚。
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- impose severely restrictive measures on (a person or activity)对（人, 活动）施行严格限制：
the treaty should not be used as a tool to straitjacket international trade.
那个条约不应该用作束缚国际贸易的工具。