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teth·er /ˈteðə(r)/ n. | vt. | phr.
I n.
1. (系牛、马等的)拴绳，拴链
I put the cow on a tether. 我给母牛拴上拴绳。
I put a tether on my cow. 我用绳拴住我的母牛。
2. (能力、行动、办法等的)限度，范围
This is beyond my tether. 这是我力所不及的。
I took the view then that I had reached the end of my tether. 我那时认定我已无法可想了。
II vt.
1. (用绳、链等)拴
tether a horse to a tree 把马拴在树旁
The rig remained tethered to the well during the storms. 钻塔在暴风雨中依然固定在油井上。
He was tethered to a woman whom he no longer loved. 他摆脱不了自己不再爱的女人。
2. 限制，约束
tether one's plan to one's resources 将计划限于自己财力允许的范围之内
[<ON tjothr； 与MD tūder, OHG zeotar pole of wagon 有关] phr. at the end of one's tether 山穷水尽；一筹莫展；走投无路 He was out of work and broke, and he was at the end of his tether. 他失业了，身无分文，到了山穷水尽的境地。 |