fetter

US [ˈfetər]
UK [ˈfetə(r)]
  • n.束缚；羁绊；桎梏；脚镣
  • v.束缚；抑制（某人的自由）；给（囚犯）上脚镣
  • Web加脚镣；带脚镣；枷锁
Simple Present：fetters  Present Participle：fettering  Past Tense：fettered  

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fetter
v.
1.
~ sb
束缚；限制，抑制（某人的自由）to restrict sb's freedom to do what they want
2.
~ sb
给（囚犯）上脚镣to put chains around a prisoner's feet
n.
1.
[usupl]
束缚；桎梏；羁绊something that stops sb from doing what they want
They were at last freed from the fetters of ignorance.
他们终于从愚昧无知的束缚中解脱出来。
2.
[pl]
脚镣chains that are put around a prisoner's feet

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1.
To be attached to one thing (to a certain view) and to look down upon other thing (views) as inferior--this wise men call a fetter.
固执某一件事物（或某种见解），而轻视其他事物（或见解）是卑鄙的，智者称它为「束缚」。
gù zhí mǒu yī jiàn shì wù ( huò mǒu zhǒng jiàn jiě ) , ér qīng shì qí tā shì wù ( huò jiàn jiě ) shì bēi bǐ de , zhì zhě chēng tā wèi 「 shù fù 」 。
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2.
I must forever rest down in here, is weary of the world from my this every qu on to work loose the misfortune the fetter.
我要在这儿永远安息下来，从我这厌倦人世的凡躯上挣脱厄运的束缚。
wǒ yào zài zhè er yǒng yuǎn ān xī xià lái , cóng wǒ zhè yàn juàn rén shì de fán qū shàng zhèng tuō è yùn de shù fù 。
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3.
Also, his love of freedom chafed against the restriction in much the same way his neck chafed against the starched fetter of a collar.
何况他那爱自由的天性也受不了这种压抑，跟他那脖子受不了浆硬了的枷锁十分相像。
hé kuàng tā nà ài zì yóu de tiān xìng yě shòu bu liǎo zhè zhǒng yā yì , gēn tā nà bó zǐ shòu bu liǎo jiāng yìng le de jiā suǒ shí fēn xiāng xiàng 。
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4.
Because you are continually seeking comfort, security, you find exploiters who assure you that doubt is a fetter, a thing to be banished.
因为你不停地在寻找慰藉和安全，你就会找到让你相信质疑是束缚并需要将其摒弃的剥削者。
yīn wèi nǐ bù tíng de zài xún zhǎo wèi jiè hé ān quán , nǐ jiù huì zhǎo dào ràng nǐ xiāng xìn zhì yí shì shù fù bìng xū yào jiāng qí bìng qì de bō xuē zhě 。
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5.
Everybody has happiness which the right pursues itself to want and satisfy, anybody anything has not been possible to fetter.
人人都有权利追求自己想要的幸福和满足，没有任何人任何事情可以束缚。
rén rén dōu yǒu quán lì zhuī qiú zì jǐ xiǎng yào de xìng fú hé mǎn zú , méi yǒu rèn hé rén rèn hé shì qíng kě yǐ shù fù 。
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6.
And thus your freedom when it loses its fetters becomes itself the fetter of a greater freedom.
因此，当你们的自由摆脱桎梏，它本身将会成为更大自由的桎梏。
yīn cǐ , dāng nǐ men de zì yóu bǎi tuō zhì gù , tā běn shēn jiāng huì chéng wéi gèng dà zì yóu de zhì gù 。
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7.
So for South African capital, apartheid had become a fetter on the mode of production.
因此，对南非的资本而言，种族隔离制度已成为生产方式的桎梏。
yīn cǐ , duì nán fēi de zī běn ér yán , zhǒng zú gé lí zhì dù yǐ chéng wéi shēng chǎn fāng shì de zhì gù 。
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8.
When she read the fetter, she went into hysterics and the family had to hit her in the face to make her stop.
她读了信就歇斯底里大发作，家里的人不得不打她的耳光使她清醒过来。
tā dú le xìn jiù xiē sī dǐ lǐ dà fā zuò , jiā lǐ de rén bù dé bù dǎ tā de ěr guāng shǐ tā qīng xǐng guò lái 。
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9.
The course has been challenged to every aspects, especially the fetter of the administrative jurisdiction .
中国城市化持续的发展受到各方面的挑战，特别是行政区划的束缚。
zhōng guó chéng shì huà chí xù de fā zhǎn shòu dào gè fāng miàn dī tiǎo zhàn , tè bié shì xíng zhèng qū huà de shù fù 。
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10.
Take his notion that capitalism would be swept away because it would become "a fetter on the mode of production" .
比如说他的这个观点：资本主义必将灭亡，因为它会成为“生产方式的桎梏”。
bǐ rú shuō tā de zhè ge guān diǎn : zī běn zhǔ yì bì jiāng miè wáng , yīn wèi tā huì chéng wéi " shēng chǎn fāng shì de zhì gù " 。
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