fetter
n
(usu pl 通常作复数)
1 chain put round the feet of a person or animal to limit movement 脚镣; (动物的)足械
The prisoner was kept in fetters. 犯人戴著脚镣.
2 (fig 比喻) thing that restricts or hinders 桎梏; 束缚; ?quot;?BR> the fetters of poverty 贫困的束缚. fetter, v [Tn]
1 put (sb) in fetters 给(某人)戴上脚镣.
2 restrict or hinder (sb) in any way 束缚或阻碍(某人)
I hate being fettered by petty rules and regulations. 我讨厌受清规戒律的束缚.
In the organization of industrial life the influence of the factory upon the physiological and mental state of the workers has been completely neglected.