tether
['teðə]
n. 系绳, 系链, 界限, （能力、财力、忍耐等的）极限
v. 练栓, 拘束
例句与用法：
A succession of illnesses has brought Joy to the end of her tether.
一连害了好几场病，乔伊的身体已变得孱弱不堪，再也无法支撑下去了。
I've been looking after four young children all day and I really am at the end of my tether!
我整天都在照料四个小孩，确实已筋疲力尽了！
The animals were fastened by tether.
那群牲畜被绳子拴着。
He tethered his horse to a tree.
他用绳子把马拴在树上。
词形变化：
动词过去式: tethered | 动词过去分词: tethered | 动词现在分词: tethering | 动词第三人称单数: tethers |
详细释义：
n.
1. (牛、马等的)拴绳, 系链[C]
2. (能力等的)限度, 范围[the S]
This is beyond my tether.
这是我力所不能及的。
vt.
(用绳、链等)拴