fetters

英 [ˈfetəz]

美 [ˈfetərz]

v.  束缚; 限制，抑制(某人的自由); 给(囚犯)上脚镣
n.  束缚; 桎梏; 羁绊; 脚镣
fetter的第三人称单数和复数

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。

双语例句

• The existing theory and traditional habits can never become the fetters against Hun Sen's thoughts and actions.
  现成的理论和传统习惯都不能成为束缚洪森思想和行动的羁绊。
• She was struggling to escape the fetters of family life.
  她在努力摆脱家庭生活的束缚。
• 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。
• Gold, jewelry, works of art, enviable household furniture, are positive fetters.
  金银，首饰，工艺品，令人羡慕的家俱都是不可否认的镣铐。
• The editorial referred to segregation and the heavy invisible fetters placed on all citizens.
  社论提到隔离和无形而又沉重的枷锁，困住无数疲于奔命的人们。
• And I was in fetters, at the mercy of the mob.
  我身着枷锁，任暴徒摆布。
• Not fetters should not be bound.
  不要羁绊，不要束缚。
• Doctrine to a fool is as fetters on the feet, and like manacles on the right hand.
  纪律为愚昧人，就如脚镣，和右手上的手铐。
• Where Reason makes kites of her laws and flies them, and Truth sets Fact free from its fetters.
  在那儿，理智以她的法律造为纸鸢而飞放，真理也使事实从桎梏中自由了。
• Education aims at removing fetters from the mind.
  教育的目的在于解除思想的枷锁。