fettered

英 [ˈfetəd]

美 [ˈfetərd]

v.  束缚; 限制，抑制(某人的自由); 给(囚犯)上脚镣
fetter的过去分词和过去式

过去分词：fettered　

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柯林斯词典

• VERB 束缚;羁绊
  If you say that youare fetteredby something, you dislike it because it prevents you from behaving or moving in a free and natural way.
  1. ...a private trust which would not be fettered by bureaucracy...
     不受官僚繁文缛节限制的私人信托
  2. The black mud fettered her movements.
     黑色的稀泥限制了她的行动。
• N-PLURAL (规则、传统、责任的)束缚，约束，桎梏
  You can usefettersto refer to things such as rules, traditions, or responsibilities that you dislike because they prevent you from behaving in the way you want.
  1. ...the fetters of social convention.
     社会习俗的约束
• N-COUNT (尤指旧时的)脚镣
  Especially in former times,fetterswere chains for a prisoner's feet.
  1. He saw a boy in fetters in the dungeons.
     他在地牢里看见一个戴着脚镣的男孩。

英英释义

adj

• bound by chains fastened around the ankles
  Synonym:shackled

双语例句

• We reverence tradition but will not be fettered by it.
  我们尊重传统，但不被传统所束缚。
• "Do you feel fettered by your dog?" asked Lydia.
  “你觉得小狗拖累你吗？”利迪娅问。
• At the same time, however, mankind has gradually lost its attachment to nature. It's ironic that the independence acquired from urban expansion has actually fettered our freedom.
  因此，吊诡的结果是，人因为城市的扩张而建立的自主性，其实也逐日地淘空了人的自主性。
• Hundreds of millions of Chinese women are no longer the oppressed and fettered group of the past, but masters of the country, the society and their own destiny.
  亿万中国妇女从过去倍受压抑和桎梏的群体变成了国家、社会和自己命运的主人。
• Just think, the reason why we are not happy from dawn till dusk is being fettered by invisible ropes.
  想一想，从早晨到晚上，我们之所以不快乐，是因为我们被无形的绳索所束缚住了。
• Years of imprisonment warped his disposition. prisoners fettered by chains;
  长年的囚禁生活把他的性格扭曲了。
• But we are not here to be bound, to be fettered;
  但是我们来这里不是为了被束缚被限制的；
• Traditional Chinese absolute monarchic system had made traditional political changes get into a difficult situation and had fettered Chinese politics 'transition from traditional form to modern form.
  传统中国的极端君主专制制度，使传统政治变迁陷入了困境，束缚了中国政治向现代的转变。
• Oppressed and Fettered Females in Patriarchy Society in Kate Chopin's Works
  从肖邦作品看传统父权制社会对女性的压迫与束缚
• We oppose the old society and the old system because they oppressed the people and fettered the productive forces.
  我们反对旧社会、旧制度，就是因为它是压迫人民的，是束缚社会生产力发展的。