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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• In order to achieve these wonders, financial markets had to be freed from the shackles of government control.
  为了实现这些奇迹，金融市场必须从政府管制的枷锁中解放出来。
• Billions of young people want to move beyond the shackles of poverty and conflict.
  数十亿年轻人想摆脱贫困和冲突的镣铐。
• They tried to quit themselves of the shackles of metaphysics.
  他们尽力设法摆脱形而上学的枷锁。
• Shackles once that choked the inhale of honor's breath no longer bind us.
  桎梏了我们荣耀的气息许久的枷锁已被打破。
• Freedom from the shackles of big infrastructure investment and its maintenance opens up great opportunities for innovation.
  公司不再需要承担高额的基础设施投资和维护成本，这为创新提供了更大的机会。
• Not bound by shackles and chains.
  没有被镣铐、锁链束缚着。