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

• 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。
• "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。
• I know you will not, the shackles, the magic really strong, you are no longer in it wearing on the wrists, but it remains firmly in your department in her side.
  我知道你不会来，那道束缚的魔力真强大，你现在不再把它戴在手腕上了，可是它依旧牢牢的把你系在了她的身边。
• 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。
• Shall I remove these shackles?
  我是不是该去掉这些镣铐？
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• He unbolted the shackles on Billy's hands.
  他打开了比利的手铐。
• Is family system the shackles of non-public enterprises development?
  家族制是不是民营企业发展的桎梏？