strict: [16] Strict was acquired direct from strictus, the past participle of Latin stringere ‘pull tight, tighten’ (source also of English prestige, strain, and stringent). The original literal sense ‘tight’ survived into English (‘She wildly breaketh from their strict embrace’, Shakespeare, Venus and Adonis 1592), but it has since given way to various metaphorical extensions.
Routed via Old French, strictus has given English strait, and English is also indebted to it for stress [14] (via the Vulgar Latin derivative *strictia) and stricture [14], not to mention prefixed forms such as constrain, constrict [18], distrain, distress, district, restrain, and restrict [16]. => constrain, constrict, distrain, distress, district, prestige, restrain, restrict, strain, stress, stricture, stringent
strict (adj.)
early 15c., "narrow, drawn in, small," from Latin strictus "drawn together, close, tight," past participle of stringere (2) "to draw or bind tight" (see strain (v.)). The sense of "stringent and rigorous" (of law) is first found in 1570s; of qualities or conditions generally, 1590s.
双语例句
1. As pope he won wide support for his strict orthodoxy.
作为教皇他严守正统教义，赢得了广泛的支持。
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2. Marine insurance is governed by a strict series of rules and regulations.
关于海险有一系列严格的规章制度对其作了规定。
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3. He has a reputation for being a strict disciplinarian.
他因是个严格纪律执行者而闻名遐迩。
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4. All members of the association adhere to a strict code of practice.
协会的所有成员都遵守一套严格的行为规范。
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5. They must each compose a poem in strict alliterative metre.
