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- shackles
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.
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The trade unions are shackled by the law.
工会受法律的制约。
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...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.
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...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.
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He unbolted the shackles on Billy's hands.
他打开了比利的手铐。
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。
来自《简明英汉词典》
