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单词 fetter
释义
fetter
verb[T]
uk
/ˈfet.ər/us
/ˈfet̬.ɚ/
literary
tokeepsomeone withinlimitsorstopthem from makingprogress:
束缚；限制；抑制
Hefeltfetteredbya nine-to-fiveofficeexistence.朝九晚五的办公室生活让他觉得颇受束缚。
totiesomeone to aplaceby puttingchainsaroundtheirankles
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Limiting and restricting
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Fastening and tying
(Definition offetterfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoffetter

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No regulations have been issued fettering the discretion of the insurance committee.
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You cannot work them in blinkers and fetters.
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The courts have exercised a jurisdiction in the past to control tribunals, but they have been fettered by antiquated rules.
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Obviously it has greatly fettered the discussion which we are opening here to-day, and there can be no doubt about that.
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I do not want the matter to be fettered when we come to redrafting the necessary clauses.
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The first of those relates to the figures that the units apply and which have fettered the courts in reaching decisions.
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Today it is being fettered in its free expression by these traditional and special franchises, and by the unequal use of wealth.
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The chairman is to be an independent and impartial person, and it is not desirable that he should be fettered with instructions.
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They strike off fetters by which the courts are at present bound in theory and to some extent in practice.
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The punishment of wearing what are called "bar fetters," weighing 5lb.
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I do not wish to say for a moment that true economic fetters can never be burst asunder under any conditions whatever.
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We will not allow the spirit of liberty to be fettered by such a chain as that.
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I do not suggest that in any other cases there will be an unfettered right of appeal, because it can be fettered.
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We do not wish to be fettered in our discussions.
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They should not have that judgment fettered by the amendment.
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