V-T If you say that you are fettered by something, you dislike it because it prevents you from behaving or moving in a free and natural way. 束缚 [文学性]
...a private trust which would not be fettered by bureaucracy.
...一种不会受到官僚束缚的私人信托。
The black mud fettered her movements.
黑泥阻止她前进。
N-PLURAL You can use fetters to refer to things such as rules, traditions, or responsibilities that you dislike because they prevent you from behaving in the way you want. 禁锢 [文学性]
The journey winding is suffering me, the death summon is fettering me, the money enticement is changing me.
路途的曲折在折磨着我,死亡的呼唤在束缚着我,金钱的诱惑在改变着我。
Chinese educators should first liberate children from incurious minds if they want to shake off the shackles fettering current educational theories, according to educator Liu Daoyu.
教育家刘道玉表示,中国教育的解放必须从解放孩子的好奇心开始。
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