| 词汇 | chain-to |
| 释义 | chain someone to somethingphrasal verb with chainverb[ Tusually+ adv/prep ]uk /tʃeɪn/ us /tʃeɪn/ [ often passive ] to force someone to stay in a particular place doing a particular activity when they do not want to: I don't want a job where I'm chained to a desk for eight hours a day. They complain that the system chains them to their computers, leaving them almost no time to help clients. Limiting and restricting anti-libertarian armlock boundary box someone out box someone/something in cripplingly crowd curb curtail curtailment keep (herself) to herselfidiom limit limitation limitative limiting suffocatingly tempered tie someone down tie someone up uncrippled You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Lack of freedom to act |
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