yoke

1. N-SING If you say that people are under the yoke of a bad thing or person, you mean they are forced to live in a difficult or unhappy state because of that thing or person. 羈絆; 枷鎖[文學性] [usu N 'of' n, adj N]

People are still suffering under the yoke of slavery. 人們仍然生活在奴隸制的枷鎖之下。

2. N-COUNT A yoke is a long piece of wood tied across the necks of two animals such as oxen, in order to make them walk close together when they are pulling a plow. 軛; 牛軛

3. V-T If two or more people or things are yoked together, they are forced to be closely linked with each other. 使強行結郃; 把…硬拼湊在一起

The introduction attempts to yoke the pieces together. 引言試圖將各部分硬拼湊在一起。

The Auto Pact yoked Ontario into the United States economy. 《汽車協定》強行將安大略納入了美國經濟躰。

Farmers and politicians are yoked by money and votes. 辳場主和政客被金錢和選票綁在了一起。