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shackles

shackles

n.

v.

  • 柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典

  • 行业释义

  • 词典例句

1. VERB 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. 
  • The trade unions are shackled by the law.

    工会受法律的制约。

  • ...people who find themselves shackled to a high-stress job.

    发现自己被高压工作所束缚的人们

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. 
  • ...a country ready to throw off the shackles of its colonial past.

    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. 
  • He unbolted the shackles on Billy's hands.

    他打开了比利的手铐。

4. VERB 给…上镣铐 To shackle someone means to put shackles on them. 
  • ...the chains that were shackling his legs...

    铐着他双腿的链子

  • She was shackled to a wall.

    她被铐在一面墙上。

法律

  • 1.镣铐
1. The cars of the train are coupled together by shackles.
火车的车厢是用钩链连接起来的。

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