yoke /jəʊk/ ( yoking, yoked, yokes )

• 1. 

  N-SING If you say that people are under the yoke of a bad thing or person, you mean they are forced to live in a difficult or unhappy state because of that thing or person. 羁绊; 枷锁 [文学性] [usu N 'of' n, adj N]

  例：

  People are still suffering under the yoke of slavery.

  人们仍然生活在奴隶制的枷锁之下。

• 2. 

  N-COUNT A yoke is a long piece of wood tied across the necks of two animals such as oxen, in order to make them walk close together when they are pulling a plow. 轭; 牛轭

• 3. 

  V-T If two or more people or things are yoked together, they are forced to be closely linked with each other. 使强行结合; 把…硬拼凑在一起

  例：

  The introduction attempts to yoke the pieces together.

  引言试图将各部分硬拼凑在一起。

  例：

  The Auto Pact yoked Ontario into the United States economy.

  《汽车协定》强行将安大略纳入了美国经济体。

  例：

  Farmers and politicians are yoked by money and votes.

  农场主和政客被金钱和选票绑在了一起。