fettered

英 [ˈfetəd]

美 [ˈfetərd]

v.  束缚; 限制，抑制(某人的自由); 给(囚犯)上脚镣
fetter的过去分词和过去式

过去分词：fettered　

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柯林斯词典

• VERB 束缚;羁绊
  If you say that youare fetteredby something, you dislike it because it prevents you from behaving or moving in a free and natural way.
  1. ...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
  2. The black mud fettered her movements.
     黑色的稀泥限制了她的行动。
• N-PLURAL (规则、传统、责任的)束缚，约束，桎梏
  You can usefettersto refer to things such as rules, traditions, or responsibilities that you dislike because they prevent you from behaving in the way you want.
  1. ...the fetters of social convention.
     社会习俗的约束
• N-COUNT (尤指旧时的)脚镣
  Especially in former times,fetterswere chains for a prisoner's feet.
  1. 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。

英英释义

adj

• bound by chains fastened around the ankles
  Synonym:shackled

双语例句

• "Do you feel fettered by your dog?" asked Lydia.
  “你觉得小狗拖累你吗？”利迪娅问。
• At the same time, however, mankind has gradually lost its attachment to nature. It's ironic that the independence acquired from urban expansion has actually fettered our freedom.
  因此，吊诡的结果是，人因为城市的扩张而建立的自主性，其实也逐日地淘空了人的自主性。
• Oppressed and Fettered Females in Patriarchy Society in Kate Chopin's Works
  从肖邦作品看传统父权制社会对女性的压迫与束缚
• In a cavern under is fettered the thunder, It struggles and howls at fits;
  下面有个洞穴，雷霆在其中幽囚，发出一阵阵挣扎怒吼；
• We are fettered by petty bureaucracy.
  我们受到小官僚的束缚。
• He was fettered by his family and could not travel any longer.
  他被家庭束缚，不能再到处去旅游了。
• He did this in order to seek truth from facts and be fettered by a Confucian school of idealist philosophy.
  其目的就是要人们实事求是，从程朱理学的束缚中解脱出来。
• I hate being fettered by petty rules and regulations.
  我讨厌受清规戒律的束缚。
• Just think, the reason why we are not happy from dawn till dusk is being fettered by invisible ropes.
  想一想，从早晨到晚上，我们之所以不快乐，是因为我们被无形的绳索所束缚住了。
• Many people are fettered by lack of self-confidence.
  许多人都因缺乏自信心而缩手缩脚。