ball and chain

漢語翻譯

英文解釋：

名詞 ball and chain:

1. heavy iron ball attached to a prisoner by a chain

例句：

1. The steady accumulation of small debts was a ball and chain to his progress.
   不斷累積的小債務妨礙了他的發展不斷累積的小債務妨礙了他的發展。
2. The Negro prisoner was forced to wear a ball and chain attached to one of his ankles.
   那個黑人囚犯被迫在一隻腳上帶上了系有鐵球的腳鏈。
3. The prisoner is fettered with a ball and chain attached to one ankle.
   這個囚犯腳上帶著一根系有鐵球的腳鏈。
4. Mr.Reagan's nearly$2 trillion in Federal and trade debt(or$30,000 per family) will be a ball and chain around the neck of economic growth.
   里根先生將近２兆聯邦及貿易負債(亦即每戶３萬元)將是經濟成長的絆腳石。