fettering
v. 给…上脚镣,束缚( fetter的现在分词 )
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。
Following general observations on timetable and relative emphasis may assist without fettering you freedom of action.
以下关于进度和相关侧重点的总的设想可能对你有所帮助,而不致妨碍你的行动自由.