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tether n.系绳；系链；界限；（能力、财力、忍耐等的）极限v.练栓；拘束 (1) 宇航员在没有系绳的情况下进行太空行走。(2) 这一些是以前决没想到自己能与洋车发生关系，而到了生和死的界限已经不甚分明，才抄起车把来的。 Think of the childhood game tether-ball. The ball is tethered to a pole by a tether. Tether usually refers to a rope or a chain, but it can also refer to an invisible bond or link. For example, the Internet can serve as a tether that links you to your pen pal in Germany. The love between a mother and her child keeps them tethered to each other for a lifetime. And whenever astronauts go for jaunts outside the space station, they tether themselves to the station using wires and a hook.

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英 ['teðə(r)] 美 ['teðər] (1) The astronauts walked in outer space without a tether.(2) This group is composed of men who had never associated themselves with rickshaws but were forced to take up the trade, because they have reached the end of their tether. Both a verb and a noun, tether keeps things tied together, or is the tie itself. Remember, when you tether that chair to those balloons, use a strong tether. You don't want to drop from the sky because you tied them together using a cheap piece of rope. 1[PHRASE 短语]无计可施；山穷水尽；走投无路 If you say that you are at the end of your tether, you mean that you are so worried, tired, and unhappy because of your problems that you feel you cannot cope.   [tether inflects]She was jealous, humiliated, and emotionally at the end of her tether...她既忌妒又感到屈辱，感情上已经到了崩溃的边缘。I've reached the end of my tether.我已经无计可施了。2[N-COUNT 可数名词](拴动物的)拴绳，拴链 A tether is a rope or chain which is used to tie an animal to a post or fence so that it can only move around within a small area. 3[VERB 动词]将…拴(到) If you tether an animal or object to something, you attach it there with a rope or chain so that it cannot move very far.   [V n to n]  [Also V n]The officer dismounted, tethering his horse to a tree.军官下了马，把它拴到一棵树上。

英语单词	tether
英美音标	英 ['teðə(r)] 美 ['teðər]
中文释义	n.系绳；系链；界限；（能力、财力、忍耐等的）极限 v.练栓；拘束
英语例句	(1) The astronauts walked in outer space without a tether. (2) This group is composed of men who had never associated themselves with rickshaws but were forced to take up the trade, because they have reached the end of their tether.
中文例句	(1) 宇航员在没有系绳的情况下进行太空行走。 (2) 这一些是以前决没想到自己能与洋车发生关系，而到了生和死的界限已经不甚分明，才抄起车把来的。
vocabulary简明	Both a verb and a noun, tether keeps things tied together, or is the tie itself. Remember, when you tether that chair to those balloons, use a strong tether. You don't want to drop from the sky because you tied them together using a cheap piece of rope.
vocabulary扩展	Think of the childhood game tether-ball. The ball is tethered to a pole by a tether. Tether usually refers to a rope or a chain, but it can also refer to an invisible bond or link. For example, the Internet can serve as a tether that links you to your pen pal in Germany. The love between a mother and her child keeps them tethered to each other for a lifetime. And whenever astronauts go for jaunts outside the space station, they tether themselves to the station using wires and a hook.
柯林斯解释	1 [PHRASE 短语]无计可施；山穷水尽；走投无路 If you say that you are at the end of your tether, you mean that you are so worried, tired, and unhappy because of your problems that you feel you cannot cope. [tether inflects] She was jealous, humiliated, and emotionally at the end of her tether... 她既忌妒又感到屈辱，感情上已经到了崩溃的边缘。 I've reached the end of my tether. 我已经无计可施了。 2 [N-COUNT 可数名词](拴动物的)拴绳，拴链 A tether is a rope or chain which is used to tie an animal to a post or fence so that it can only move around within a small area. 3 [VERB 动词]将…拴(到) If you tether an animal or object to something, you attach it there with a rope or chain so that it cannot move very far. [V n to n] [Also V n] The officer dismounted, tethering his horse to a tree. 军官下了马，把它拴到一棵树上。

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