trammeled
v.束缚,限制:限制或阻碍某人或某事的自由发展。
例句
We are merely trammeled by the ordinary decent conventions of civilized society.
我们仅仅受到文明社会最基本的行为规范的约束。
In her novel the Purple Color, Alice Walker describes the growth and ideological change of a black woman trammeled by old ideas.
艾丽斯·沃克在小说《紫颜色》中通过对一位受旧思想束缚的黑人妇女的转变和成长过程,阐述了其妇女主义的思想。
"We are trammeled," said the niece, calmly and pitilessly, "by restrictions of income and opportunity, and above all by lack of initiative."
“我们确实身受束缚,”侄女一点儿面子也不给,只是心平气和地说,“我们受收入和机会的限制,尤其受制于缺乏主动性。”