chain
[tʃeɪn] noun
CONNECTED THINGS 有联系的事
IMPROVER countable
■a set of connected or related things 一连串，一系列（的事物）•She has built up a chain of 180 bookshops across the country.她在全国各地开了180家连锁书店。 •We witnessed a remarkable chain of events in eastern Europe in 1989.我们目睹了1989年发生在东欧的一连串不寻常事件。
[tʃeɪn] noun
RINGS 链条
countable or uncountable
■(a length of) rings usually made of metal which are connected together and used for fastening, pulling, supporting, or limiting freedom, or as jewellery 链条，链子；锁链；项炼•The gates were locked with a padlock and a heavy steel chain.大门被一把挂锁和一根沉重的钢链锁着。 •Put the chain on the door if you are alone in the house.你要是一个人在家就把链子钩在门上。 •Mary was wearing a beautiful silver chain around her neck.玛丽的脖子上戴着一条漂亮的银项炼。 in chains
■tied with chains 戴着锁链地；用链条拴着地•The hostages were kept in chains for 23 hours a day.人质一天里有23小时戴着镣铐。 [plural]
■a fact or situation that limits a person's freedom 枷锁，束缚，桎梏•At last the country has freed itself from the chains of the authoritarian regime.这个国家最终从独裁政权的束缚中解放了出来。
[tʃeɪn] verb transitive usually + adverb or preposition
■to fasten someone or something using a chain 用链条锁住，拴住；束缚•It's so cruel to keep a pony chained up like that all the time.把一匹小马一直那样拴着真是太残忍了。 •They chained themselves to lampposts in protest at the judge's decision.为了抗议法官的判决，他们把自己拴在灯柱上。 •figurative I don't want a job where I'm chained to a desk for eight hours a day.我不想要一份一天八小时都被拴在办公桌前的工作。 |