yoke
🇬🇧/jəʊk/ 🇺🇸/joʊk/VCE📚 16744 22六级雅思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. 羁绊; 枷锁
noun [专属名词]轭，牛轭；羁绊，枷锁；（女服的）上衣抵肩，裙腰；（挑东西用的）轭状扁担；轭门；同轭的一对动物；<美>（飞机的）操纵杆；磁轭，轭铁；<爱尔兰，非正式>想不起名字的事物
People are still suffering under the yoke of slavery.
人们仍然生活在奴隶制的枷锁之下。
verb [vt. 及物动词]（强行）使结合，使联合；给……套上轭
The introduction attempts to yoke the pieces together.
引言试图将各部分硬拼凑在一起。
单词造句:
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- The Auto Pact yoked Ontario into the United States economy. 《 汽车协定》强行将安大略纳入了美国经济体。
- Farmers and politicians are yoked by money and votes. 农场主和政客被金钱和选票绑在了一起。
- Patience and submission are the only comforts that are left to a poor people who groan under tyranny unless they are strong enough to break the yoke. 坚忍与顺从是可怜的人儿仅有的慰籍，她们在暴行面前只能低声抽泣，除非她们有力量挣脱枷锁。