stricture

noun

/ˈstrɪktʃə(r)/

/ˈstrɪktʃər/

(formal)

[usually plural] stricture (on somebody/something) a severe criticism, especially of somebody’s behaviour指摘；非难
- She merely ignored any strictures on the way she dressed.她只是无视对她穿着的任何限制。
stricture (against/on something) a rule or situation that limits your behaviour限制；约束；束缚 synonym restriction
- strictures against civil servants expressing political opinions对于公务员发表政治见解的禁令

词源late Middle English (in the medical sense; abnormal narrowing of a canal or duct in the body): from Latin strictura, from stringere ‘draw tight’. Another sense of the Latin verb, ‘touch lightly’, gave rise to sense (1) via an earlier meaning ‘incidental remark’.

词汇	stricture
释义	stricture noun /ˈstrɪktʃə(r)/ /ˈstrɪktʃər/ (formal) [usually plural] stricture (on somebody/something) a severe criticism, especially of somebody’s behaviour指摘；非难 She merely ignored any strictures on the way she dressed.她只是无视对她穿着的任何限制。 stricture (against/on something) a rule or situation that limits your behaviour限制；约束；束缚 synonym restriction strictures against civil servants expressing political opinions对于公务员发表政治见解的禁令词源late Middle English (in the medical sense; abnormal narrowing of a canal or duct in the body): from Latin strictura, from stringere ‘draw tight’. Another sense of the Latin verb, ‘touch lightly’, gave rise to sense (1) via an earlier meaning ‘incidental remark’.
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