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小词详解 | tether
tether 英 [ˈteðə(r)] 美 [ˈteðər]
What tethers reserve managers to the dollar is not quite as sinister.
外汇储备管理机构和美元之间的羁绊倒没那么邪恶。
——《经济学人》While Prince William, as the elder brother, has been tethered to the notion that he will succeed his father on the throne, Harry has had to find another path.
长兄威廉王子一直同继承父亲王位紧密联系在一起,哈里只能走上另外的道路。
——《纽约时报》
[动词] 用绳子或链条把(动物)拴起来以限制其活动
我给母牛拴上拴绳。
I put the cow on a tether.我用绳拴住我的母牛。
I put a tether on my cow.
这是我力所不及的。
This is beyond my tether.
她既忌妒又感到屈辱,感情上已经到了崩溃的边缘。
She was jealous, humiliated, and emotionally at the end of her tether.他失业了,身无分文,到了山穷水尽的境地。
He was out of work and broke, and he was at the end of his tether.
军官下了马,把它拴到一棵树上。
The officer dismounted, tethering his horse to a tree.她摆脱不了自己不再爱的男人。
She was tethered to a man whom she no longer loved.
Nae man can tether time or tide.
没有人能拴住时间或潮汐。
hitch: fasten or tether with a rope bind: tie or fasten (something) tightly fetter: restrain with chains or manacles, typically around the ankles