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

• 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。
• The market has indeed been freed from many of its mid-20th century shackles.
  市场的确已经摆脱了20世纪中期的许多桎梏。
• Not bound by shackles and chains.
  没有被镣铐、锁链束缚着。
• The remaining of the Feudalism shackles the art spirit, it masks the art spirit.
  封建残存对艺术灵魂的桎酷使它在一个新的时期做了巧妙的伪装。
• "The shackles of love are freedom's most oppressive yoke," she said.
  “爱的锁链是自由最沉重的羁绊”她说。
• We will never break away from the worldly shackles.
  我们永远都无法摆脱世俗的束缚。
• 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。
• 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。
• He unbolted the shackles on Billy's hands.
  他打开了比利的手铐。
• 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。