tether
n. (拴牲畜用的)系绳; 限度,极限
vt. 用绳拴住; 拘束,束缚
If you say that you are at the end of your tether, you mean that you are so worried, tired, and unhappy because of your problems that you feel you cannot cope.
She was jealous, humiliated, and emotionally at the end of her tether...
她既忌妒又感到屈辱,感情上已经到了崩溃的边缘。
I've reached the end of my tether.
我已经无计可施了。
A tether is a rope or chain which is used to tie an animal to a post or fence so that it can only move around within a small area.
If you tether an animal or object to something, you attach it there with a rope or chain so that it cannot move very far.
The officer dismounted, tethering his horse to a tree.
军官下了马,把它拴到一棵树上。
1. restraint consisting of a rope (or light chain) used to restrain an animal
1. tie with a tether;
the end of one's tether
见 end
The cow had broken her tether and was in the cornfield.
那牛弄断了系绳,跑到玉米田里去了.
But Morel was too exasperated, at the end of his tether, to answer.
莫雷尔已经火冒三丈, 忍无可忍, 顾不上答理他.
The answer is that the tether system is potentially more efficient, however paradoxical it may appear.
答案在于缆索系统的效率可能较高, 不管这看来多麽矛盾.
That's beyond my tether.
那是我力所不及的.
The duck takes off , hoisting the rabbit into the air at the end of the tether.
愤怒的鸭子一把抓起兔子,用尽气力把它扔到了远处.