a restriction on a person or activity
限制,束缚,约束
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the strictures imposed by the British Board of Film Censors .由英国电影审查委员会施加的限制。
a sternly critical or censorious remark or instruction
指责,非难;苛评
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his strictures on their lack of civic virtue .他对他们缺乏公民道德的指责。
【医】 (人体导管异常的)狭窄
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a colonic stricture 结肠狭窄
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[mass noun]
jaundice caused by bile duct stricture .胆管狭窄导致的黄疸。
"late Middle English (in sense 3): from Latin