yoke

yoke

英音 [jəuk] 美音 [jok]

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基本翻译或解释：

n. 轭，架，座，偏转线圈；奴役，羁绊，束缚，统治；（同一轭上牛的）一对牲口；上衣抵肩
vt. 结合；给…上轭；结合，联结；使成配偶

词源相关：

复数： yokes第三人称单数： yokes过去式： yoked过去分词： yoked现在分词： yoking

详细解释：

yoke 轭，牛轭 来自PIE*yeug,连接，词源同join,conjugate。用于指牛轭。

用法与例句：

Towns that threw off the colonel 's yoke want to keep a measure of independence from the new rulers .

摆脱卡扎菲枷锁的城镇希望在新统治下保持一定程度的独立。

Not everyone has taken kindly to this new authoritarian yoke .

不是每个人都温和对待这种新的独裁束缚。

Many women in the richer parts of asia have gone on " marriage strike " , preferring the single life to the marital yoke .

亚洲富裕地区的许多女性开始“罢婚”，她们更爱单身而不是婚姻的羁绊。

Do they want to throw off the yoke of austerity and break with europe , with all the risks such a policy would entail ?

他们想要承担这样的政策所带来的一切风险，抛弃财政紧缩的枷锁并与欧洲分道扬镳吗？

So why not release the yoke ?

那为什么不解除束缚呢？