•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。

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•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。

•The hostages were kept in chains for 23 hours a day.人质一天里有23小时戴着镣铐。

•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。

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•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。