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VERB
束縛;羈絆
If you say that you are fettered by something, you dislike it because it prevents you from behaving or moving in a free and natural way.
例句
...a private trust which would not be fettered by bureaucracy...
不受官僚繁文縟節限制的私人信托
The black mud fettered her movements.
黑色的稀泥限制了她的行動。
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N-PLURAL
(規則、傳統、責任的)束縛，約束，桎梏
You can use fetters to refer to things such as rules, traditions, or responsibilities that you dislike because they prevent you from behaving in the way you want.
例句
...the fetters of social convention.
社會習俗的約束
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N-COUNT
(尤指舊時的)腳鐐
Especially in former times, fetters were chains for a prisoner's feet.
例句
He saw a boy in fetters in the dungeons.
他在地牢里看見一個戴著腳鐐的男孩。