fettered
fettered — 動詞
- fetteredpresent simple I / you / we / they
- fettereds3rd person singular
- fettereding-ing form
- fetterededpast simple
1. to place serious limits on what a person, group, or activity can do, so that pro
束縛；限制
讓人或事的發展受到嚴重限制
to place serious limits on what a person, group, or activity can do, so that progress, freedom, or growth is held back.
Strict new regulations have fettered small bakeries across Kyoto, slowing their growth.
嚴格的新法規束縛了京都各地的小型麵包店，使其發展變慢。
passive-ish active: have fettered + [businesses]
Gabriel felt fettered by family expectations whenever he tried to change careers.
每次想轉換職涯，Gabriel 都覺得自己被家人的期待所束縛。
be fettered by + [abstract noun]
Heavy debt fettered the young farmers in Oaxaca for nearly a decade.
沉重的債務束縛了 Oaxaca 的年輕農民將近十年。
fetter + [people] for + [duration]
The reporter argued that vague laws fetter free speech more than open censorship.
那位記者主張，模糊的法律對言論自由的束縛比公開審查更嚴重。
subject is an abstract force (laws / rules)
Amelia refused to let old fears fetter her plans for the new gallery.
Amelia 不願讓過去的恐懼束縛她對新畫廊的計畫。
let + [noun] + fetter + [object]
- fetter progress
- fetter free speech
- fettered by debt
- fettered by tradition
文法句型
fetter + noun
be fettered by + noun
用法筆記
Subject is usually an abstract force (rules, laws, debt, fear); object is a person, group, or activity. Most often passive ('be fettered by'). Distinguish from sense 2, which is the literal chain meaning.
常見錯誤
2. to fasten chains or metal rings around a prisoner's ankles so that the person ca
上腳鐐
在腳踝套上鐵鏈以防逃走
to fasten chains or metal rings around a prisoner's ankles so that the person cannot walk away from a place.
The medieval guards fettered the prisoners to a stone wall inside the dungeon.
中世紀的守衛將囚犯上腳鐐並鎖在地牢的石牆上。
fetter + [person] + to + [place]
Captured sailors were fettered below deck during the long voyage to Lisbon.
在前往里斯本的漫長航程中，被擄的水手都被上腳鐐關在甲板下。
passive: be fettered + [location adverbial]
Charlotte read how enslaved workers had been fettered each night in the mine.
Charlotte 讀到被奴役的勞工每晚都會在礦坑裡被上腳鐐。
perfect passive: had been fettered
Caleb described a museum painting in which a Roman captive was fettered at the ankles.
Caleb 描述一幅博物館畫作，其中一名羅馬戰俘的腳踝被上了腳鐐。
be fettered at the ankles
- fettered to a wall
- fettered at the ankles
- fettered prisoners
文法句型
fetter + [person]
fetter [person] to + [place]
用法筆記
Object is a person under detention; the chains are around the ankles, not the wrists. Almost always in historical, literary, or museum-description contexts; use 'handcuff' or 'chain up' for modern scenes.
常見錯誤
fettered — 名詞
1. a heavy metal ring or chain placed around a prisoner's ankles, used to stop the
腳鐐
套在囚犯腳踝上的鐵環或鐵鏈
a heavy metal ring or chain placed around a prisoner's ankles, used to stop the prisoner from walking away.
Iron fetters from the 1700s are still on display in the Bristol harbour museum.
1700 年代的鐵製腳鐐至今仍陳列在布里斯托的港口博物館。
plural: iron fetters
Hana sketched a captive whose fetters had rubbed his ankles raw.
Hana 畫了一名俘虜，他的腳鐐已將腳踝磨破。
fetters had rubbed + [body part]
The escaped servant filed off his fetters with a kitchen knife near the river.
那名逃跑的僕人在河邊用一把廚刀將腳鐐銼斷。
file off + [fetters]
Roman soldiers placed heavy fetters around the captured general's ankles.
羅馬士兵在被擄將軍的腳踝套上沉重的腳鐐。
place fetters around + [body part]
- iron fetters
- in fetters
- break one's fetters
文法句型
fetters around + [body part]
in fetters
用法筆記
Almost always plural ('fetters'); a single chain on a single ankle is rare. Mostly historical, literary, or museum descriptions; modern equivalents are 'handcuffs', 'leg irons', or 'shackles'.
常見錯誤
2. something — usually a rule, custom, fear, or duty — that holds a person or group
束縛；桎梏
比喻使人無法自由行動的力量
something — usually a rule, custom, fear, or duty — that holds a person or group back from acting freely or growing.
Many young writers in Seoul long to break free from the fetters of tradition.
首爾許多年輕作家渴望掙脫傳統的束縛。
break free from the fetters of + [abstract]
The new mayor promised to remove the fetters of red tape on small businesses.
新任市長承諾要去除繁文縟節加在小型企業身上的束縛。
remove the fetters of + [abstract]
Élise spoke about the fetters of fear that had kept her silent for years.
Élise 談到多年來讓她沉默不語的恐懼束縛。
the fetters of + [emotion]
Strict family rules became the fetters that held Niran back from studying abroad.
嚴格的家規成了束縛 Niran 出國求學的桎梏。
the fetters that + [relative clause]
- the fetters of tradition
- the fetters of fear
- break the fetters
- throw off the fetters
- constraints
everyday formal; same meaning, neutral tone
- shackles
stronger metaphor; suggests violent restriction
- freedom
the state once the fetters are removed
文法句型
the fetters of + [abstract noun]
break free from the fetters of
用法筆記
Almost always plural, and almost always with 'the fetters of + [abstract noun]' or as the object of 'break', 'remove', or 'throw off'. Distinguish from sense 1 (literal chain): if you can replace it with 'limits' or 'restrictions', this is sense 2.
常見錯誤
同根字
- fetter動詞C1
- fetter名詞C1
- unfettered形容詞C1
常見搭配
常用片語
- break free from the fetters of
- throw off one's fetters
- fettered by red tape
介系詞搭配
- fettered by
- fettered to
- in fetters