Definition of 'chained'
adjective
If you say that someone is chained to a person or a situation, you are emphasizing that there are reasons why they cannot leave that person or situation, even though you think they might like to.
Surely modern women want to be informed of world current affairs; we are no longer
chained to the kitchen sink!
At work, he was chained to a system of boring meetings.
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Translations for 'chained'
British English: chained ADJECTIVE
If you say that someone is chained to a person or a situation, you are emphasizing that there are reasons why they cannot leave that person or situation, even though you think they might like to.At work, he was chained to a system of boring meetings.
If you say that someone is chained to a person or a situation, you are emphasizing that there are reasons why they cannot leave that person or situation, even though you think they might like to.At work, he was chained to a system of boring meetings.
- Brazilian Portuguese: atrelado
- Chinese: 被绑住
- European Spanish: atado
- French: enchaîné enchaînée
- German: gekettet an
- Italian: prigioniero prigioniera
- Japanese: 縛られた
- Korean: 얽매이다
- Portuguese: acorrentado
- Spanish: atado
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