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chain

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chain

/tʃeɪn/

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●a ˌball and ˈchain

(BrE)

1. a problem that prevents you from doing what you would like to do 累赘；限制；障碍

◆The business never made any money and was regarded more as a ball and chain than anything else.这家公司从未赚到过钱，只不过是个累赘。

(humorous)

sb’s husband or wife 累赘，拖累（指老公或老婆）

◆I must get home to the ball and chain!我必须回家看老婆去了！

ORIGIN In the past, prisoners had to wear a heavy metal ball on a chain around one leg so that they couldn’t escape. 旧时，囚犯脚上要戴系有沉重金属球的锁链，以防其逃跑。

●a link in the ˈchain

one of the stages in a process or a line of argument 链条中的一环；过程中的一个环节；辩论中的一环

◆Many people believe that coming from a broken home may be one of the first links in the chain that eventually leads to a life of crime.很多人相信家庭破裂是使人走上犯罪之路的最初诱因之一。

●yank sb’s ˈchain

(NAmE,

informal)

tell sb sth which is not true, as a joke 拿某人开涮；跟某人开玩笑

◆Did you mean what you said, or were you just yanking my chain?你是说真的呢，还是逗我玩？

NOTE Yank means pull something hard, quickly and suddenly. * yank意为“猛拉”。

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