shackled
past simple and past participle ofshackle
| 单词 | shackled |
| 释义 | shackled past simple and past participle ofshackle shackle verb[T] uk/ˈʃæk.əl/us/ˈʃæk.əl/If you are shackled by something, itpreventsyou from doing what youwantto do: Thecountryis shackled byitsowndebts. Lack of freedom to act
Examplesofshackledshackled In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. In other words, the end-user's research isshackledby the owner of the upstream research tool. From theCambridge English Corpus If woman loses her self-understanding she will becomeshackledto a civilisation in crisis, transformed into a body, part of decadent femininity. From theCambridge English Corpus This would avert the danger of becomingshackledto a single architect. From theCambridge English Corpus The past had become a dead weight that held society back; itshackledpeople's minds and stifled their sense of patriotism. From theCambridge English Corpus Experimental social games in which subjects are not allowed to speak to one another are a bit like sports competitions where subjects must compete with their legsshackledtogether. From theCambridge English Corpus Broadly speaking, the opera is lessshackledby convention than often assumed: its manipulation of the tradition that feeds it is, on every level, radically novel. From theCambridge English Corpus Perhaps because in the high noon of modernity, that past, uncontaminated by modernity, allows a freer space for imagining a future lessshackledby the present. From theCambridge English Corpus But we are notshackledto experience; we must even separate ourselves from it in order to attain or to reconstruct the "grammar" of this confused multimessage. From theCambridge English Corpus We say this with some trepidation because academic researchers require the freedom to do research for its own sake-and they should not beshackledby real world concerns. From theCambridge English Corpus He now appears as the great man who is driving forward in sweeping away the slums which haveshackledour life for so long. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 That is the seed of future disaster, particularly when we areshackledwith overvalued currency. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These are the people of whom we are primarily thinking—these helpless and inarticulate masses, poverty-stricken andshackledand bound by ancient religious and social observances. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 They all face international competition and are allshackledby overvaluation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 If the cars areshackledthere will be diplomatic incidents and fines will not be paid to the police funds. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Labour has beenshackled, and property has been left free. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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