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chain

英 [t?e?n] 美[t?en]

英英釋義同義詞辨析詞組搭配考試真題實(shí)用場(chǎng)景例句

近義詞bind fasten restrain shackle

n. 鏈；束縛；枷鎖
vt. 束縛；囚禁；用鐵鏈鎖住

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詞態(tài)變化

復(fù)數(shù):?chains;第三人稱單數(shù):?chains;過(guò)去式:?chained;過(guò)去分詞:?chained;現(xiàn)在分詞:?chaining;

中文詞源

chain 鏈子

來(lái)自拉丁詞catena, 鏈子，詞源同concatenation. 字母t脫落，比較bake, batch, wake,watch.

英英釋意

1. a series of things depending on each other as if linked together;: "the chain of command"; "a complicated concatenation of circumstances"

2. (chemistry) a series of linked atoms (generally in an organic molecule)

3. a series of (usually metal) rings or links fitted into one another to make a flexible ligament

4. a number of similar establishments (stores or restaurants or banks or hotels or theaters) under one ownership

5. anything that acts as a restraint

6. a unit of length

7. a series of hills or mountains;: "the valley was between two ranges of hills"; "the plains lay just beyond the mountain range"

8. metal shackles; for hands or legs

9. a necklace made by a stringing objects together;: "a string of beads"; "a strand of pearls";

英文詞源

chain: chain: [13] Chain is a direct descendant of Latin catēna ‘chain’, source also of English concatenate [16], literally ‘link together in a chain’. This passed into Old French as chaeine, a later from of which, chaine, was adopted by English. The Latin word’s antecedents are not known.
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chain (n.): c. 1300, from Old French chaeine "chain" (12c., Modern French cha?ne), from Latin catena "chain" (source also of Spanish cadena, Italian catena), which is of unknown origin, perhaps from PIE root *kat- "to twist, twine" (cognates: Latin cassis "hunting net, snare").

Figurative use from c. 1600. As a type of ornament worn about the neck, from late 14c. Chain of stores is American English, 1846. Chain gang is from 1834; chain reaction is from 1916 in physics, specific nuclear physics sense is from 1938; chain mail first recorded 1822, in Scott, from mail (n.2). Before that, mail alone sufficed. Chain letter recorded from 1892; usually to raise money at first; decried from the start as a nuisance.
Nine out of every ten givers are reluctant and unwilling, and are coerced into giving through the awful fear of "breaking the chain," so that the spirit of charity is woefully absent. ["St. Nicholas" magazine, vol. XXVI, April 1899]
Chain smoker is attested from 1886, originally of Bismarck (who smoked cigars), thus probably a loan-translation of German Kettenraucher. Chain-smoking is from 1930.
chain (v.): late 14c., "to bar with a chain; to put (someone) in chains," also "to link things together," from chain (n.). Related: Chained; chaining.

同義詞辨析

fasten, tie, bind, secure, chain

這些動(dòng)詞都有"扎牢，捆，綁"之意。

fasten：指把某物牢牢地拴在、釘在或鎖在另一物上，使不能任意移動(dòng)。

tie：普通用詞，指用繩索等將東西扎緊捆牢。

bind：多指把兩個(gè)或兩個(gè)以上的人或物牢牢地系或扎在一起。

secure：指將某物緊緊地固定起來(lái)，使之完全無(wú)損。

chain：專指用鏈條或金屬環(huán)將某人或某物鎖住或系住。

考試真題

On the demand side, those trends include the ongoing addition of more than 70 million people a year, a growing number of people wanting to move up the food chain to consume -72- highly grain-intensive meat products, and the massive diversion ( ' , 轉(zhuǎn)向) of U.S. grain to the production of bio-fuel.

In a multi-state study of assisted living , for instance, University of North Carolina researchers found that a host of variables—the facility's type, size or age; whether a chain owned it; how attractive the neighborhood was—had no significant relationship to how the residents fared in terms of illness, mental decline, hospitalizations or mortality.

Big fast food chains in New York City have started to obey a first-of-its-kind rule requiring them to post calorie counts right on the menu.

The microwave and fast-food chains were the biggest catalysts ( ' , 催化劑 ), but the big food companies—which want to sell anything except the raw ingredients that go into cooking—made the home cook an endangered species.

But their beds were provided by private individuals, rather than a hotel chain

On the demand side, those trends include the ongoing addition of more than 70 million people a year, a growing number of people wanting to move up the food chain to consume highly grain-intensive meat products, and the massive diversion of U.S. grain to t

That's the vision of a hotel chain that plans to send digital keys to guests' phones via an app instead of making them check in and get the traditional plastic swipe cards.

cut the salary of senior executivesrelocate some of its chain storesadjust its promotion strategiesreduce the size of its staffTo experiment on its new business concept.

None of the chain's stores in the Washington metropolitan area are to be closed.

It's also pushing ahead in 2016 with an expansion of Bluemercury, the beauty chain it bought last year.

2% in November and December at stores open more than a year, a disappointing holiday season performance that capped a difficult year for a department store chain facing wideranging challenges.

In the year to August 2007, IKEA, a Swedish furniture chain, sold over one million kitchens worldwide.

In less-developed countries, such as those of sub-Saharan Africa and South-East Asia, wastage tends to occur primarily at the farmer-producer end of the supply chain.

They run chain stores in central London.

Iced coffees sold by some popular chains are contaminated.

The World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF) conducted a survey of iced coffees sold by some popular chains in Britain including Starbucks, Caffe Nero and Costa Coffee to gauge the calories as studies increasingly link obesity with cancer

But after General mills bought Epic in 2016, Collins and Forrest suddenly had the resources they needed to expand their supply chain.

In addition to supplying milk from their own 85-head herd, they began to help other farmers in the area convent from conventional to certified organic and grass-fed in order to enter the Maple Hill supply chain.

Macy's reported its sales plunged 5.2% in November and December at stores open more than a year, a disappointing holiday season performance that capped a difficult year for a department store chain facing wide—ranging challenges.

Once one person looks at their phone, other people feel compelled to do the same, starting a chain reaction.

Penguins, like other seabirds and marine mammals, occupy higher levels in the food chain and they are what we call bio-indicators of their ecosystems.

The partnership benefits both sides by allowing unconventional partners for example, two companies from two different industries to work together on a specific aspect of the value chain, like, in this example, an engine firm with an accessory one.

When they started researching the supply chain, they learned that only 2-3% of all Bison is actually grass-fed.

Although the main attraction was the soup, Roze's chain shops also set a new standard for dining out.

Demand comes mainly from two sources: independent mom-and-pop grocery stores which, unlike large retail chains, are too small to buy straight from producers, and food service operators that cater to consumers when they don’t eat at home.

The power and ambition of the giants of the digital economy is astonishing - Amazon has just announced the purchase of the upmarket grocery chain Whole Foods for $13.5 billion, but two years ago Facebook paid even more than that to acquire the WhatsApp me

詞組搭配

pull (或 yank) someone's chain

(US informal)tease someone, typically by leading them to believe something untrue

(美，非正式)戲弄，揶揄某人（尤指使其相信不實(shí)之事）

實(shí)用場(chǎng)景例句

(figurative)I've been chained to my desk all week (= because there was so much work) .: 我整個(gè)星期都在伏案工作，脫不開(kāi)身。

The doors were always locked and chained.: 那些門(mén)總是上著鎖鏈。

She chained her bicycle to the gate.: 她用鏈子把自行車鎖在大門(mén)上。

The dog was chained up for the night.: 夜間那條狗用鏈子拴起來(lái)。

a chain of command (= a system in an organization by which instructions are passed from one person to another): 指揮系統(tǒng)

mountain/island chains: 山脈；島群

Volunteers formed a human chain to rescue precious items from the burning house.: 志愿者排成一條長(zhǎng)龍，從著火的房子里手傳手把貴重物品搶救出來(lái)。

a chain of supermarkets/a supermarket chain: 連鎖超市

the chains of fear/misery: 恐懼的桎梏；苦難的枷鎖

a short length of chain: 一截短鏈條

She wore a heavy gold chain around her neck.: 她戴著一條粗實(shí)的金項(xiàng)鏈。

The mayor wore his chain of office.: 市長(zhǎng)佩戴著標(biāo)志他職務(wù)的鏈徽。

a bicycle chain: 自行車鏈條

The prisoners were kept in chains (= with chains around their arms and legs, to prevent them from escaping) .: 囚犯戴著鐐銬。

to set in motion a chain of events: 觸發(fā)一連串的事件

Students tried to form a human chain around the parliament.: 學(xué)生們?cè)噲D在議會(huì)四周圍成人墻。

...a large supermarket chain.: 大型連鎖超市

...Italy's leading chain of cinemas.: 意大利最大的連鎖影院

...the bizarre chain of events that led to his departure in January 1938.: 促使他于1938年1月離去的一連串離奇事件

...a chain of islands known as the Windward Islands...: 名為“向風(fēng)群島”的島群

She chained her bike to the railings...: 她把自行車鎖在欄桿上。

His open shirt revealed a fat gold chain...: 他的襯衫敞著，露出一條很粗的金鏈。

The dogs were leaping and growling at the full stretch of their chains.: 那些狗又蹦又叫，把鏈子繃得緊緊的。

He'd spent four and a half years in windowless cells, much of the time in chains.: 他已經(jīng)在沒(méi)有窗戶的牢房里呆了4年半，多數(shù)時(shí)間都戴著鐐銬。

He had to break right now the chains of habit that bound him to the present.: 他必須現(xiàn)在就打破把他束縛在當(dāng)前境況的習(xí)慣。

The dog was chained to the leg of the one solid garden seat...: 狗被拴在公園一個(gè)固定座位的腿上。

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