shackle
翻译
给…上镣铐, 束缚, 桎梏
例句
The prisoners were shackled together.
囚犯们被镣铐锁在一起。
She felt shackled by her family's expectations.
她感到被家庭的期望所束缚。
语法模式
shackle ((sb./sth.)) 给...上镣铐 The guards came to shackle the prisoner.
be shackled by ((sth.)) 被...束缚 She felt shackled by her family's expectations.
近义词
同义词: fetter, manacle, restrain (束缚); 反义词: free, release, liberate (解放)
词源
源自古英语 'sceacel'，意为“镣铐，束缚”。
记忆技巧
“shackle”听起来像“下手铐”，可以联想给犯人“下手铐”的动作，即束缚。