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VERB
束縛;阻撓;成為…的羈絆
If you are shackled by something, it prevents you from doing what you want to do.
例句
The trade unions are shackled by the law.
工會受法律的制約。
...people who find themselves shackled to a high-stress job.
發現自己被高壓工作所束縛的人們
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N-PLURAL
束縛;羈絆;枷鎖
If you throw off the shackles of something, you reject it or free yourself from it because it was preventing you from doing what you wanted to do.
例句
...a country ready to throw off the shackles of its colonial past.
決定擺脫過去殖民束縛的國家
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N-PLURAL
鐐銬;手銬;腳鐐
Shackles are two metal rings joined by a chain which are fastened around someone's wrists or ankles in order to prevent them from moving or escaping.
例句
He unbolted the shackles on Billy's hands.
他打開了比利的手銬。
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VERB
給…上鐐銬
To shackle someone means to put shackles on them.
例句
...the chains that were shackling his legs...
銬著他雙腿的鏈子
She was shackled to a wall.
她被銬在一面墻上。