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ball and chain bɔ:lændtʃein 短语⁴⁶³⁸⁹
基本英英例句Thesaurus例句
锁链;沉重的约束;老婆
Noun:
heavy iron ball attached to a prisoner by a chainThe Negro prisoner was forced to wear aball and chainattached to one of his ankles.那个黑人囚犯被迫在一只脚上带上了系有铁球的脚链。
The prisoner is fettered with aball and chainattached to one ankle.这个囚犯脚上带着一根系有铁球的脚链。
The steady accumulation of small debts was aball and chainto his progress.不断累积的小债务妨碍了他的发展不断累积的小债务妨碍了他的发展。noun.(offensiveone's spouse)
同义词 girlfriend,little woman,old lady,old woman,wife
burdennoun mental weight;stress
Herculean task,accountability,affliction,albatross,anxiety,blame,care,charge,clog,concern,deadweight,difficulty,duty,encumbrance,excess baggage,grievance,hardship,hindrance,load,millstone,misfortune,mishap,obstruction,onus,punishment,responsibility,sorrow,strain,task,tax,thorn in one's side,trial,trouble,weary load,work,worry
burdensnoun mental weight;stress
Herculean tasks,accountabilities,afflictions,albatrosses,anxieties,ball and chains,blame,cares,charges,clogs,concerns,deadweights,difficulties,duties,encumbrances,excess baggages,grievances,hardships,hindrances,loads,millstones,misfortunes,mishaps,obstructions,onuses,punishments,responsibilities,sorrows,strains,tasks,taxes,thorn in one's sides,trials,troubles,weary loads,works,worries
encumbrancenoun burden
albatross,ball and chain,cross,debt,duty,guilt,handicap,hindrance,impediment,load,millstone,monkey on one's back,obstruction,responsibility,saddle,thorn in one's side,weight,worry
hindrancenoun obstruction, difficulty
Catch-22,albatross,baggage,ball and chain,bar,barrier,catch,check,clog,crimp,cumbrance,deterrent,drag,drawback,encumbrance,excess baggage,foot dragging,glitch,gridlock,handicap,hang-up,hitch,impedance,impediment,interference,interruption,intervention,jam-up,joker,limitation,lock,millstone,monkey wrench,obstacle,restraint,restriction,snag,stoppage,stumbling block,trammel
hindrancesnoun obstruction, difficulty
albatrosses,baggage,ball and chains,barriers,bars,catch-22s,catches,checks,clogs,crimps,cumbrances,deterrents,drags,drawbacks,encumbrances,excess baggages,foot draggings,glitches,gridlock,handicaps,hang-ups,hitches,impedance,impediments,interferences,interruptions,interventions,jam-ups,jokers,limitations,locks,millstones,monkey wrenches,obstacles,restraints,restrictions,snags,stoppages,stumbling blocks,trammels
millstonenoun burden
accountability,affliction,albatross,anxiety,ball and chain,blame,charge,concern,cross,deadweight,difficulty,encumbrance,grievance,hardship,hindrance,load,mental weight,misfortune,onus,punishment,responsibility,strain,stress,task,thorn in one's side,trial,trouble,worry The minister of finance doesn't realize what a ball and chain these taxes could become to medium and small businesses.
财政部长不知这些税赋会对中小企业造成多大包袱。 wwenglish
Tom wanted to quit his job. He said he was tired of that ball and chain.
汤姆想辞去他的差使，他说他对那繁重的工作感到厌倦。 wangyushuang.com |