stricture
noun[C]
formaluk/ˈstrɪk.tʃər/us/ˈstrɪk.tʃɚ/stricturenoun[C](CRITICISM)
astatementofseverecriticismordisapproval:
指责,非难The strictures of theUnitedNationshavefailedto have anyeffecton thewarringfactions.联合国的谴责对交战各方毫无影响力。
Disapproving & criticizing
- anathematize
- animadversion
- aspersion
- assail
- aw
- backbite
- criticism
- deprecate
- dim
- fault
- niggle
- nitpick
- opprobrious
- peanut gallery
- people who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stonesidiom
- personalization
- personalize
- philippic
- sarky
- tear
stricturenoun[C](LIMIT)
aseveremoralorphysicallimit:
限制;约束;束缚religious/financialstrictures宗教上的束缚/财政上的限制
the Taliban's stricturesonwomen'srightsandeducation塔利班对女性权利和接受教育的限制
Range and limits
- all the way toidiom
- ambit
- anywhere
- band
- bound
- condition
- gamut
- glass ceiling
- limit
- limited
- meta
- proviso
- realm
- restricted
- scope
- specialized
- spectrum
- spread
- stretch
- string