fetter
US /ˈfet̬.ɚ/
UK /ˈfet̬.ɚ/
动词
1.
束缚, 拘束
to restrict someone's freedom and prevent them from doing what they want
示例:
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He felt fettered by a number of petty regulations.
他感到被一些琐碎的规定束缚住了。
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The government should not fetter the free market.
政府不应该束缚自由市场。
名词
1.
脚镣, 束缚
a chain or shackle placed on the feet to prevent motion; anything that confines or restrains
示例:
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The prisoner's fetters were removed before the trial.
囚犯的脚镣在审判前被取下了。
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They sought to break the fetters of tradition.
他们试图打破传统的束缚。
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