tether
n. (拴牲畜用的)繫繩; 限度,極限
vt. 用繩拴住; 拘束,束縛
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,感情上已經到了崩潰的邊緣。
I've reached the end of my tether.
我已經無計可施了。
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.
軍官下了馬,把它拴到一棵樹上。
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
見 end
The cow had broken her tether and was in the cornfield.
那牛弄斷了繫繩,跑到玉米田裡去了.
But Morel was too exasperated, at the end of his tether, to answer.
莫雷爾已經火冒三丈, 忍無可忍, 顧不上答理他.
The answer is that the tether system is potentially more efficient, however paradoxical it may appear.
答案在於纜索系統的效率可能較高, 不管這看來多麼矛盾.
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.
憤怒的鴨子一把抓起兔子,用盡氣力把它扔到了遠處.