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单词 chain
释义
chain
noun
uk
/tʃeɪn/
us
/tʃeɪn/

chainnoun(CONNECTED THINGS)

B2[C]
a set ofconnectedorrelatedthings
一连串,一系列(的事物)
She hasbuiltup a chain of180bookshopsacrossthecountry.她在全国各地开了180家连锁书店。
Hisresignationwasfollowedby aremarkablechainofevents.在他辞职之后,发生了一系列引人注目的事件。
More examples
  • Thesupermarketchainannouncedthat it wascuttingthecostof allitsfreshandfrozenmeat.
  • Jonson hasrunthe gamut ofhotelwork, fromportertoownerof alargechain ofhotels.
  • The Rockies are amountainchain in thewesternUSA.
  • Aspartof thecentenarycelebrationsa chain ofbeaconswaslitacrosstheregion.
  • They are not only the world'sbiggestfast-food chain, but also the industry'strendsetter.

chainnoun(RINGS)

A2[CorU]
(alengthof)ringsusually made ofmetalthat areconnectedtogether and used forfastening,pulling,supporting, orlimitingfreedom, or asjewellery
链条,链子;锁链;项链
Thegateswerelockedwith apadlockand aheavysteelchain.大门被一把挂锁和一根沉重的钢链锁着。
Put the chain on thedoorif you arealonein thehouse.你要是一个人在家就把链子钩在门上。
Mary waswearingabeautifulsilverchain around herneck.玛丽脖子上戴着一条漂亮的银项链。
in chains
tiedwith chains
戴着锁链;用链条拴着
Thehostageswerekeptin chains for 23hoursaday.人质们一天里有23小时戴着镣铐。
[plural]
afactorsituationthatlimitsa person'sfreedom
枷锁,束缚,桎梏
At last thecountryhasfreeditself from the chainsoftheauthoritarianregime.这个国家最终从独裁政权的束缚中解放了出来。

chainnoun(HOUSE SALE)

[C]UK
asituationin which someonesellingahousecannotcompletethesalebecause thepersonwhowantstobuyitneedstoselltheirhousefirst
售屋链(指卖家无法售出房屋,原因是买家尚未售出自己的房屋)
Somesellersrefusetoexchangecontractswithbuyerswho are in a chain.有些卖家拒绝和售屋链里的买家成交。
chain
verb[Tusually+ adv/prep]
uk
/tʃeɪn/
us
/tʃeɪn/
tofastensomeone or something using a chain
用链条锁住,拴住;束缚
It's socrueltokeepaponychaineduplike that all thetime.把一匹小马驹一直那样拴着真是太残忍了。
They chained themselvestolamppostsinprotestat the judge'sdecision.为了抗议法官的判决,他们把自己拴在了灯柱上。
figurativeI don'twantajobwhere I'm chainedtoadeskfor eighthoursaday.我不想要一份一天8小时都被拴在办公桌前的工作。

Examplesofchain

chain
Text that is no longer spoken by a mouth to be heard by an ear marks one of the limits of the theory of chains.
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He would put an end to "damnations" with the promise of a decade in chains.
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I shall first do my best to link together the chains of this argument.
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Here the amplified beams of both chains are superposed automatically due to the optical properties of the phase conjugated signal.
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By using "these powerladen exotics" as gifts, core elites could create patron- client chains similar to the compadre networks referred to earlier.
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Now, having this in mind, we may consider the maximal chains of consecutively overlapping truly maximal subwords of u having the k-factorization property.
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The high degree of heterogeneity means indistinguishable strains are likely to represent chains of recent transmission [5].
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One such application area is the coordination of production and distribution in supply chains.
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Arguments can be chained by regarding data also as claims, for which further data can be provided.
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Cyanopolyynes: carbon chains formation in a carbon arc mimicking the formation of carbon chains in the circumstellar medium.
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The aliphatic content indicates the presence of longer or less branched aliphatic chains that those observed in the interstellar medium.
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In (15a) who satisfies the wh-criterion (which is now stated in terms of chains).
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In (10) and (11) (see next section), pronounced positions of the derivational chains are indicated by italicization.
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If my feet are in chains, my heart is free.
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A subset of a pointed cpo is admissible if it is pointed and closed under sups of chains.
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Collocationswithchain

chain

These are words often used in combination withchain.

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bicycle chain
Let us take the illustration of the young man who used thebicyclechain.
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broken chain
Therefore, it is necessary to involve the state, the education system and the social services to restore thisbrokenchain.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
causal chain
Note that if either of these perspectives is taken, thecausalchainhas effectively been shortened and has acquired new beginning and end points.
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