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fettered

/fet-er/US // ˈfɛt ər //UK // (ˈfɛtə) //

羁绊,羁绊的,束缚的,束缚

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a chain or shackle placed on the feet.
    • : Usually fetters. anything that confines or restrains: Boredom puts fetters upon the imagination.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to put fetters upon.
    • : to confine; restrain.

Synonyms & Antonyms

verbtie up, hold

Examples

  • Evidently, Gibson CEO Henry Juszkiewicz in short order made himself into a poster boy for fettered capitalism.

  • Edward sent him to London, 'fettered on a hackney,' to undergo the same barbarous death as his heroic brother.

  • The whole city was like a prisoner, whose limbs are held while he is searched and fettered.

  • More than once he sighed—sighed heavily, as a man when fettered and compelled to act against his better nature.

  • She too hides somewhere, deep down, a poor fettered thing that would gladly join the revel, if it dared.

  • These (p. 119) statistics are of interest as showing what can be done by a club when not fettered by club premises.