fetter
n. 脚镣; 束缚
vt. 给…上脚镣,束缚
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.
...a private trust which would not be fettered by bureaucracy...
不受官僚繁文缛节限制的私人信托
The black mud fettered her movements.
黑色的稀泥限制了她的行动。
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.
...the fetters of social convention.
社会习俗的约束
Especially in former times, fetters were chains for a prisoner's feet.
He saw a boy in fetters in the dungeons.
他在地牢里看见一个戴着脚镣的男孩。
1. a shackle for the ankles or feet
1. restrain with fetters
This does not mean that we wish to fetter the trade union movement.
这并不意味着我们想限制工会运动.
We reverence tradition but will not is fetter by it.
我们尊敬传统,但不愿被它束缚.
Let Thy goodness , like a fetter, Bind my wandering heart to Thee.
我主, 让此恩典维系流荡的心归你前.
Third, runs out the trade the fetter, the mold has the individuality characteristic character image.
第三, 冲出行当的束缚, 塑造具有个性特征的人物形象.
Yes, our love is a fetter, is a fetter, making our walking gaIt'such difficult.
是的, 我们的爱情是桎梏, 是枷锁, 让我们的步履如此艰难.