shackle
US /ˈʃæk.əl/
UK /ˈʃæk.əl/
1.
xiềng xích
If you are shackled by something, it prevents you from doing what you want to do:
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The country is shackled by its own debts.
1.
xiềng xích
one of a pair of metal rings connected by a chain and fastened to a person’s wrists or the bottoms of the legs to prevent the person from escaping:
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The prisoner was led away in shackles.