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fetter
[英] [ˈfetə] [美] [ˈfɛtɚ] 生词本

n.

vt.

  • 易混淆的单词：Fetter  

  • 柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典

  • 英英释义

  • 词典例句

1. VERB 束缚;羁绊 If you say that you are fettered by something, you dislike it because it prevents you from behaving or moving in a free and natural way. 

  • ...a private trust which would not be fettered by bureaucracy...

    不受官僚繁文缛节限制的私人信托

  • The black mud fettered her movements.

    黑色的稀泥限制了她的行动。

2. N-PLURAL (规则、传统、责任的)束缚，约束，桎梏 You can use fetters to refer to things such as rules, traditions, or responsibilities that you dislike because they prevent you from behaving in the way you want. 

  • ...the fetters of social convention.

    社会习俗的约束

3. N-COUNT (尤指旧时的)脚镣 Especially in former times, fetters were chains for a prisoner's feet. 

  • He saw a boy in fetters in the dungeons.

    他在地牢里看见一个戴着脚镣的男孩。

Noun

1. a shackle for the ankles or feet

Verb

1. restrain with fetters

1. This does not mean that we wish to fetter the trade union movement.
这并不意味着我们想限制工会运动。

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