shackling

英 [ˈʃæklɪŋ]

美 [ˈʃæklɪŋ]

v.  给(某人)戴镣铐; 束缚; 阻挠; 成为…的羁绊
shackle的现在分词

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

• British investors seem to feel more disquiet about the shackling of company executives than do the bosses themselves.
  对于公司高管的被捕，英国投资者似乎比这几位企业老总更加不安。
• They're shackling him and taking him to recovery.
  他们给他上了手铐送去康复了。