1N-COUNT (用以約束行爲狂暴者的)約束服,緊身衣 A straitjacket is a special jacket used to tie the arms of a violent person tightly around their body. (用以約束行爲狂暴者的)約束服,緊身衣
Occasionally his behavior became so uncontrollable that he had to be placed in a straitjacket.
他的行爲偶爾會變得如此失控,不得不給他穿上約束服。
2N-COUNT 約束;桎梏;束縛 If you describe an idea or a situation as a straitjacket, you mean that it is very limited and restricting. 約束;桎梏;束縛
The national curriculum must be a guide, not a straitjacket.
國家課程設置必須是指導性的,而不是約束性的。
...the ideological straitjacket of religious fundamentalism.