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

• You in shackles or you on a slab.
  你被戴上手铐或者躺在地上。
• 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。
• Our people must throw off the shackles of slavery and seize their independence.
  我们人民必须扔掉奴役的桎梏，争取他们的独立。
• We will never break away from the worldly shackles.
  我们永远都无法摆脱世俗的束缚。
• To normalise RBS, the government must remove the shackles of quasi-nationalisation as soon as possible.
  要将RBS正常化，政府必须尽快解除半国有化对该行的桎梏。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。