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单词 shackle
释义
shackle
ʃækəl ˈʃækəl ˈʃækəl
Word forms: plural , 3rd person singular present tense shackles, present participle shackling, past tense , past participle shackled
1 VERB [usually passive] 束缚;阻挠;成为的羁绊 If you are shackled by something, it prevents you from doing what you want to do. 束缚;阻挠;成为的羁绊 [formal]
  • The trade unions are shackled by the law. [be VERB-ed + by]

    工会受法律的制约。

  • ...people who find themselves shackled to a high-stress job. [be VERB-ed + to]

    发现自己被高压工作所束缚的人们

SYN hamper, limit, restrict, restrain
2 N-PLURAL 束缚;羁绊;枷锁 If you throw off the shackles of something, you reject it or free yourself from it because it was preventing you from doing what you wanted to do. 束缚;羁绊;枷锁 [literary]
  • ...a country ready to throw off the shackles of its colonial past. [+ of]

    决定摆脱过去殖民束缚的国家

3 N-PLURAL 镣铐;手铐;脚镣 Shackles are two metal rings joined by a chain which are fastened around someone's wrists or ankles in order to prevent them from moving or escaping. 镣铐;手铐;脚镣
  • He unbolted the shackles on Billy's hands.

    他打开了比利的手铐。

SYN fetter, chain, iron, bond
4 VERB 上镣铐 To shackle someone means to put shackles on them. 上镣铐
  • ...the chains that were shackling his legs. [VERB noun]

    铐着他双腿的链子

  • She was shackled to a wall. [V-ed to n]

    她被铐在一面墙上。

SYN fetter, chain, handcuff, secure
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