shackles

英 [ˈʃæklz]

美 [ˈʃæklz]

n.  镣铐; 手铐; 脚镣; 枷锁; 桎梏; 束缚
v.  给(某人)戴镣铐; 束缚; 阻挠; 成为…的羁绊
shackle的第三人称单数和复数

牛津词典

noun

• 镣铐；手铐；脚镣
  two metal rings joined together by a chain and placed around a prisoner's wrists or ankles to prevent them from escaping or moving easily
• 枷锁；桎梏；束缚
  a particular state, set of conditions or circumstances, etc. that prevent you from saying or doing what you want
  1. a country struggling to free itself from the shackles of colonialism
     为摆脱殖民主义的枷锁而斗争的国家

柯林斯词典

• VERB 束缚;阻挠;成为…的羁绊
  If youare shackled bysomething, it prevents you from doing what you want to do.
  1. The trade unions are shackled by the law.
     工会受法律的制约。
  2. ...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
• N-PLURAL 束缚;羁绊;枷锁
  If you throw off theshackles ofsomething, you reject it or free yourself from it because it was preventing you from doing what you wanted to do.
  1. ...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
• N-PLURAL 镣铐;手铐;脚镣
  Shacklesare 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.
  1. He unbolted the shackles on Billy's hands.
     他打开了比利的手铐。
• VERB 给…上镣铐
  Toshacklesomeone means to put shackles on them.
  1. ...the chains that were shackling his legs...
     铐着他双腿的链子
  2. She was shackled to a wall.
     她被铐在一面墙上。

双语例句

• Freed from their regulatory shackles, temping agencies recorded a boom after 2003.
  摆脱了监管桎梏，临时雇佣机构在2003年之后实现了创纪录的繁荣。
• Nowadays, people have shaken off the shackles of some conventions.
  今天，人们已经摆脱了一些习俗的束缚。
• Then they smashed the shackles of the feudal serf system and took their destiny in their own hands.
  之后，他们砸烂了封建农奴制的枷锁，把命运掌握到自己手中。
• There must be a secret behind this, let the impudent persons slump into their self-designed shackles.
  这背后一定有一个奥秘，总是让那些无耻之徒陷入自己给自己设计的桎梏中。
• There are a few who have managed to throw off the shackles of the past.
  有些人成功地摆脱了往事的羁绊。
• At last they were freed from the shackles of colonial rule.
  他们终于从殖民统治的枷锁中解脱出来。
• Good governance does not consist of a set of shackles and business controls that stifle creativity.
  良好的治理不包含抑制创造性的束缚和业务控制。
• Could you remove my shackles? I'm clearly no threat to you.
  你能打开我的手铐呢？很明显我不会威胁到你。
• Not bound by shackles and chains.
  没有被镣铐、锁链束缚着。
• Not bound by shackles and chains. His mind is cooped up by prejudice.
  没有被镣铐、锁链束缚着。他的头脑被偏见所束缚。