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

• 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。
• Our people must throw off the shackles of slavery and seize their independence.
  我们人民必须扔掉奴役的桎梏，争取他们的独立。
• You in shackles or you on a slab.
  你被戴上手铐或者躺在地上。
• Nowadays, people have shaken off the shackles of some conventions.
  今天，人们已经摆脱了一些习俗的束缚。
• At last they were freed from the shackles of colonial rule.
  他们终于从殖民统治的枷锁中解脱出来。
• They tried to quit themselves of the shackles of metaphysics.
  他们尽力设法摆脱形而上学的枷锁。
• 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。
• "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。
• Not bound by shackles and chains.
  没有被镣铐、锁链束缚着。
• 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？