Fettered

(adj.) bound by chains fastened around the ankles .

安尼塔整理

• She saw clearly enough the whole situation, yet she was fettered: she could not smite the stricken soul that entreated hers. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• Will Miss Lucy be the sister of a very poor, fettered, burdenedencumbered man? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• Over it broods the spell of a curse that has withered its fields and fettered its energies. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• I sank down in a chair, and tried to utter some reply; but my tongue was fettered, and my sight was weak. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• Black chaos comes, and the fettered gods of the earth say, Let there be light. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• If ever an oppressed race existed, it is this one we see fettered around us under the inhuman tyranny of the Ottoman Empire. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• Certainly Crispin knew, but Crispin, fettered by his promise of secrecy, was unable to solve the problem. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
• Keep your girls' minds narrow and fettered; they will still be a plague and a care, sometimes a disgrace to you. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• And at any rate, she lost nothing by continuing the engagement, for she has proved that it fettered neither her inclination nor her actions. 简·奥斯汀. 理智与情感.
• Proceed, said Madame; but my hand was fettered, my ear enchained, my thoughts were carried off captive. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• It had needed a sort of tempest-shock to bring her to the point; but there she was at last, fettered to a fixed day. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.

录入:朱迪思