shackle

🇺🇸 /ˈʃækl/ 🇬🇧 /ˈʃækl/
詞頻
難度
標籤 TOP20000
noun
R

Metal rings that are locked around a prisoner's wrists or ankles and connected by a chain to prevent the prisoner from moving freely or escaping.

The prisoner's hands were secured with shackles to the wall.

囚犯的手被銬在牆上。

R

A situation or condition that restricts your freedom or ability to do something.

The company is trying to break free from the shackles of outdated technology.

該公司正試圖擺脫過時技術的束縛。

verb
R

To put shackles on someone to restrict their movement or freedom.

The criminal was shackled and taken to the prison cell.

罪犯被銬起來,帶到了牢房。

R

To restrict someone's freedom or ability to express themselves.

The new policy shackled the employees' creativity and innovation.

新政策限制了員工的創造力和創新。

translation

n. 腳鐐手銬, 束縛
v. 給...戴上腳鐐手銬, 限制

詞形變化

3rd Present shackles
Past shackled
Perfect shackled
Progressive shackling
Plural shackles