Wordiyostricture
🇬🇧 UK/'striktʃә/🇺🇸 US
GREC2
Definitions
n.
A severe critical remark; a rule or restriction on behavior; an abnormal narrowing of a body passage.
指责，批评；限制；（医）狭窄
🧩 Root Breakdown
Root-derivedCommon Collocations
- 1.pass strictures on对……提出批评
- 2.urethral stricture尿道狭窄
- 3.[legal strictures]法律限制
- 4.strictures on behavior对行为的约束
Example Sentences
- 1.
The critic's strictures on the novel were harsh but largely justified.
- 2.
The patient was diagnosed with an esophageal stricture that required surgery.
- 3.
Journalists working under government strictures struggled to report the truth.