shackle
翻譯
給…上鐐銬, 束縛, 桎梏
例句
The prisoners were shackled together.
囚犯們被鐐銬鎖在一起。
She felt shackled by her family's expectations.
她感到被家庭的期望所束縛。
文法模式
shackle ((sb./sth.)) 給...上鐐銬 The guards came to shackle the prisoner.
be shackled by ((sth.)) 被...束縛 She felt shackled by her family's expectations.
近義詞
同義詞: fetter, manacle, restrain (束縛); 反義詞: free, release, liberate (解放)
詞源
源自古英語 'sceacel'，意為「鐐銬，束縛」。
記憶技巧
「shackle」聽起來像「下手銬」，可以聯想給犯人「下手銬」的動作，即束縛。