缠住；网住；使纠缠(如网中)；限制；束缚；羁绊；拘束
To confine, hamper, or restrict someone or something.
使纠缠(如网中)
To entangle, as in a net.
限制；束缚；羁绊
To confine; to hamper; to shackle.
一般现在时
This rule trammels creative expression.
这条规则束缚创造性表达。
一般过去时
The bureaucracy trammelled progress.
官僚机构束缚了进步。
present participle
They are trammelling the investigation.
他们正在阻碍调查。
规则动词，过去式和过去分词为trammelled
The new regulations trammel small businesses with endless paperwork.
新规定用没完没了的文书工作束缚小企业。
用法提示：trammel 作动词，表示“束缚、限制”，后接宾语 small businesses。
She felt trammelled by the strict rules of the training program.
她感到被培训项目的严格规定所束缚。
用法提示：trammelled 是 trammel 的过去分词，此处用于被动语态表示“被束缚”。
Don't let old habits trammel your creativity.
别让旧习惯束缚你的创造力。
用法提示：trammel 作及物动词，表示“阻碍、限制”，后接名词 creativity。
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