preventing people from doing what they want 限制性的；约束的 restrictive laws 限制性法规
Extra ExamplesHe 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
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- seem
- become
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- extremely
- fairly
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grammar 语法 (of relative clauses 关系从句 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. 限制性的
Word Originlate 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’.