Definition of 'chained'
adjective
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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.
- American English: chained
- Brazilian Portuguese: atrelado
- Chinese: 被绑住
- European Spanish: atado
- French: enchaîné
- German: gekettet an
- Italian: prigioniero
- Japanese: 縛られた
- Korean: 얽매이다
- European Portuguese: acorrentado
- Spanish: atado
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