chained
单词辨析:
指被囚禁在某处、失去行动自由的,也可指做某事时受到控制、无权选择的,作后者解时通常作定语。
captive animals/soldiers
关在笼中的动物/被俘士兵
Lying in my hospital bed, I was a captive audience to these uninteresting old stories.
躺在医院病床上,我别无选择,只能听这些乏味的老故事。
主要用于形容动物,也可用于比喻。
She trained her camera on the caged lion.
她把相机对准笼子里的狮子。
I felt terribly caged in the small office.
呆在这个小办公室里,我感觉就像在笼子里一样。
通常用于形容囚犯、动物等,也可用于比喻。
The dog was chained to a tree.
狗被用链子拴在一棵树上。
Many women feel chained to the kitchen sink.
许多妇女感到被灶台束缚住了。
指人或动物被限制在狭小或封闭的空间里、不能自由活动的,也可用于比喻。
He was confined to a small room.
他被关在一个小房间里。
As punishment, the soldiers were confined to barracks.
士兵们挨了罚,不能离开营房。
相关例句:
I can't escape my affections for you, and the chained prison of love constraint me.
我逃离不了对你的所有情感,它就像牢狱般地禁梏了我。
I'm chained to my desk in London.
我被套在伦敦的办公室里了。
When we condemn others we are chained to them, jailing them and imprisoning ourselves.
当我们定别人的罪,我们便与他锁链在一起了,同时监禁了他们和我们。
The parking lot was chained shut.
那个停车场已上了铁链关闭。
Surely modern women want to be informed of world current affairs; we are no longer chained to the kitchen sink!
当代女性当然想了解时事,我们不再只是受缚于家务小事。
I am chained down to my work.
我受制于我的工作。