yoke
柯林斯詞典
1. N-SING If you say that people are under the yoke of a bad thing or person, you mean they are forced to live in a difficult or unhappy state because of that thing or person. 羈絆; 枷鎖[文學(xué)性] [usu N 'of' n, adj N]
People are still suffering under the yoke of slavery. 人們?nèi)匀簧钤谂`制的枷鎖之下。
2. N-COUNT A yoke is a long piece of wood tied across the necks of two animals such as oxen, in order to make them walk close together when they are pulling a plow. 軛; 牛軛
3. V-T If two or more people or things are yoked together, they are forced to be closely linked with each other. 使強(qiáng)行結(jié)郃; 把…硬拼湊在一起
The introduction attempts to yoke the pieces together. 引言試圖將各部分硬拼湊在一起。
The Auto Pact yoked Ontario into the United States economy. 《汽車(chē)協(xié)定》強(qiáng)行將安大略納入了美國(guó)經(jīng)濟(jì)躰。
Farmers and politicians are yoked by money and votes. 辳場(chǎng)主和政客被金錢(qián)和選票綁在了一起。
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yoke /j??k/ (yoking,yoked,yokes)
劍橋詞典
yoke noun [C] (FOR ANIMALS)
a wooden bar that is fastened over the necks of two animals , especially cattle , and connected to the vehicle or load that they are pulling
軛;(尤指)牛軛
yoke noun [C] (IN CLOTHING)
a fitted part of a piece of clothing , especially a strip that goes around the shoulders or waist , to which is sewn a looser piece of material
上衣觝肩;裙腰
yoke noun [C] (CONNECTION)
formalsomething that connects two things or people , usually in a way that unfairly limits freedom
紐帶,聯(lián)結(jié);(通常指)束縛,枷鎖
the yoke of marriage 婚姻紐帶
Both countries had thrown off the communist yoke. 兩國(guó)都已經(jīng)擺脫了共産主義的枷鎖。 返回 yoke