shackle /ˈʃækəl/ CET6+ ( shackling, shackled, shackles )

• 1. 

  V-T If you are shackled by something, it prevents you from doing what you want to do. 阻碍 [正式] [usu passive]

  例：

  The labour unions are shackled by the law.

  该工会被法律所羁绊。

  例：

  ...people who find themselves shackled to a high-stress job.

  …发现自己为高负荷工作所束缚的人们。

• 2. 

  N-PLURAL If you throw off the shackles of something, you reject it or free yourself from it because it was preventing you from doing what you wanted to do. 桎梏 [文学性] [with supp]

  例：

  ...a country ready to throw off the shackles of its colonial past.

  …一个愿意甩掉其殖民历史的桎梏的国家。

• 3. 

  N-PLURAL Shackles are 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. 镣铐

  例：

  He unbolted the shackles on Billy's hands.

  他打开比利的手铐。

• 4. 

  V-T To shackle someone means to put shackles on them. 用镣铐铐

  例：

  ...the chains that were shackling his legs.

  …铐着他双腿的锁链。