fetter
US /ˈfet̬.ɚ/
UK /ˈfet.ər/
動詞
束縛, 拘束
to restrict someone's freedom and prevent them from doing what they want
範例:
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He felt fettered by a number of petty regulations.
他感到被一些瑣碎的規定束縛住了。
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The government should not fetter the free market.
政府不應該束縛自由市場。
名詞
腳鐐, 束縛
a chain or shackle placed on the feet to prevent motion; anything that confines or restrains
範例:
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The prisoner's fetters were removed before the trial.
囚犯的腳鐐在審判前被取下了。
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They sought to break the fetters of tradition.
他們試圖打破傳統的束縛。