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

• He unbolted the shackles on Billy's hands.
  他打开了比利的手铐。
• Good governance does not consist of a set of shackles and business controls that stifle creativity.
  良好的治理不包含抑制创造性的束缚和业务控制。
• 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。
• I can't forget those memories, eventually became unable to escape the shackles.
  我释怀不了的那些回忆，终极成为枷锁无法逃离。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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？
• 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 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。
• Old ethical principles and rules were shaken, and spiritual shackles were smashed.
  旧的伦理原则和道德规范动摇，禁锢人们思想行为的精神枷锁被冲破。