unshackle

unshackle — 動詞

  • unshacklepresent simple I / you / we / they
  • unshackles3rd person singular
  • unshackling-ing form
  • unshackledpast simple

1. to remove physical restraints such as chains or handcuffs from someone; also use

1.動詞及物C1
釋義

鬆綁

解開枷鎖或限制，使恢復自由

to remove physical restraints such as chains or handcuffs from someone; also used figuratively to mean releasing a person, group, or institution from rules, limits, or conditions that prevent free action or development.

例句

The prison guards unshackled Tamar before she was led into the courtroom.

獄警在 Tamar 被帶進法庭前，鬆開了她身上的鐐銬。

literal meaning — physical chains or handcuffs

After the revolution, the country's press was unshackled from decades of government control.

革命之後，該國的新聞媒體終於從數十年的政府控制中獲得解放。

figurative passive: be unshackled from [restriction]

常見搭配
  • unshackle from
  • unshackle the press
  • unshackle the economy
  • unshackle creativity
  • unshackle imagination
  • unshackle the mind
  • finally unshackle
  • completely unshackled
同義詞
  • free

    the most general word; covers any kind of release from confinement or burden

  • release

    emphasises the act of letting go; can be used for both literal and figurative contexts

  • liberate

    more formal and often implies freeing a group or place from political or social oppression

  • unfetter

    literary or formal; very close in meaning to unshackle, referring to freedom from restraints

反義詞
  • shackle

    the direct opposite — to put someone in chains or restrict their freedom

  • fetter

    to confine with chains or restrain someone's movement or freedom in a formal sense

文法句型

unshackle + noun phrase (someone/something)

用法筆記

More common in figurative contexts than literal ones. The object is often an abstract noun such as creativity, imagination, or the economy, or a person or group described as being held back. The passive construction (be unshackled from) is frequently used in news and political writing.

常見錯誤

Please unshackle your seatbelt before getting up.
Please unfasten your seatbelt before getting up.
unshackle describes serious physical or metaphorical restraints, not everyday fasteners like seatbelts.
She unshackled the gift box from the wrapping paper.
She unshackled the prisoner from the iron chains.
unshackle should only be used where the constraint is specifically like a shackle or a very tight limitation.

同根字

  • shackle
    名詞C1
  • shackle
    動詞C1
  • shackled
    形容詞C1
  • unshackled
    形容詞C2

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常用片語

  • unshackle oneself from
  • be unshackled from

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