restrictive
adjectiveOPAL W
/rɪˈstrɪktɪv/
/rɪˈstrɪktɪv/
- preventing people from doing what they want
限制性的;约束的 - restrictive laws
限制性法规
- He argued that the law was unduly restrictive.
他认为这条法律限制过严。 - In time, the changes become restrictive.
这些改变最终会具有约束性。 - their attempts to make drug legislation more restrictive and repressive
他们力图使药品立法更具约束力和管制力的种种努力
Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- seem
- become
- …
- extremely
- fairly
- very
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- restrictive laws
- (also defining)(grammar
) (of relative clauses语法 ) explaining which particular person or thing you are talking about rather than giving extra information about them. In ‘The books which are on the table are mine’, ‘which are on the table’ is a restrictive relative clause.关系从句 compare non-restrictive限制性的
词源late Middle English: from Old French restrictif, -ive, from medieval Latin restrictivus, from restrict- ‘confined’, from the verb restringere, from re- ‘back’ + stringere ‘to tie, pull tight’.