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fetter

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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fet·ter /ˈfetə $ -ər/ verb [transitive] literary  1 LIMITto restrict someone’s freedom and prevent them from doing what they want 束缚,限制 fettered by family responsibilities 受家庭责任的束缚2. SCJto put chains around a prisoner’s hands or feet 给〔囚犯〕上手铐[脚镣] SYN chainnGrammar Fetter is usually passive.
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fetterThe industry is fettered by debt.Imaginations fettered by today's highly successful orthodoxy will break free.In fact, kids often tend to have a less fettered, more honest view of the world around them.Any attempt to stifle or fetter such criticism amounts to political censorship of the most insidious and objectionable kind.It is a personal agreement between shareholders which does not fetter the company in the exercise of its statutory powers.The advisers need to ensure that the obligations do not fetter the company's powers in any way.The words of the Insolvency Act 1986 do not fetter the court's discretion in any way.It could fetter the independence of the judiciary.
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fetter
fetter /ˈfetə $ -ər/ verb [transitive usually passive] literary
1. to restrict someone’s freedom and prevent them from doing what they want:
    fettered by family responsibilities
2. to put chains around a prisoner’s hands or feet
   SYN  chain


fet·terBrE /ˈfetə(r)/ 🔊NAmE /ˈfetər/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they fetter BrE /ˈfetə(r)/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈfetər/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it fetters BrE /ˈfetəz/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈfetərz/ 🔊past simple fettered BrE /ˈfetəd/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈfetərd/ 🔊past participle fettered BrE /ˈfetəd/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈfetərd/ 🔊 -ing form fettering BrE /ˈfetərɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈfetərɪŋ/ 🔊 [usually passive] ~ sb (literary) to restrict sb's freedom to do what they want 束缚;限制,抑制(某人的自由)~ sb to put chains around a prisoner's feet 给(囚犯)上脚镣 SYN shackle
fet·terBrE /ˈfetə(r)/ 🔊NAmE /ˈfetər/ 🔊 noun [usually plural] (literary) something that stops sb from doing what they want 束缚;桎梏;羁绊They were at last freed from the fetters of ignorance. 他们终于从愚昧无知的束缚中解脱出来。🔊🔊fetters [plural] chains that are put around a prisoner's feet 脚镣 SYN chain, shackles