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fetter

[ˈfetə(r)] [ˈfɛtɚ]
  • 复数:fetters;
  • 第三人称单数:fetters;
  • 过去式:fettered;
  • 过去分词:fettered;
  • 现在分词:fettering;
  • 例句
    同义词
    柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义
    • VERB
      束缚;羁绊
      If you say that you are fettered by something, you dislike it because it prevents you from behaving or moving in a free and natural way.
      例句
      ...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 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 use fetters to refer to things such as rules, traditions, or responsibilities that you dislike because they prevent you from behaving in the way you want.
      例句
      ...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, fetters were chains for a prisoner's feet.
      例句
      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。
    英汉词典释义
    • n.
      脚镣
      No man loves his fetters,be they made of gold. 即使是金子做的镣铐,也没人喜欢。
      束缚
      They will run wild freed from the fetters of control. 他们一旦摆脱了束缚,就会变得无法无天。
    • vt.
      给…上脚镣,束缚
      This does not mean that we wish to fetter the trade union movement. 这并不意味着我们想限制工会运动。
    英英词典释义
    • Noun
      1. a shackle for the ankles or feet
    • Verb
      1. restrain with fetters