enchain

1 I was stupefied, and called again and again on death, but in vain; the triumph of my captors was made complete, for I was alive and enchained.

2 The foe which has enchained Angelo's brother, the foe from which, suspecting us not at all, Nicola flees—the policemen of the Americans!

3 Pleasure they regarded as an evil, having a tendency to enchain man to earthly enjoyments, a peculiarly Buddhist tenet.

4 Abstaining from merely theoretical speculations, he exhibits a profound insight into the operation of political causes, which he unfolds with great sagacity, and in a manner suited to enchain the attention of the reader.

5 But his attention had been none the less enchained.

6 No bespangled dancer I ever saw so enchained my eyes.

7 learned to stop being enchained by fear and live a full life

8 The conduct of the story as a whole is fully vigorous enough to enchain the attention; and in portions of it the hand of the master displays its unique power.

9 What is that power which enchains men and women for a season when death itself would be preferable to the bitter sweetness which fills the soul.

10 In 1750, Samuel Johnson wrote that a good biography can “enchain the heart by an irresistible interest.”

11 The king saw nothing; he heard the bullets hiss past him, the thunder of the cannon around him; but the varied living picture was wanting that enchains the mind with trembling excitement.

12 Neither could I speak, for my tongue was also enchained.”

13 As may well be seen, the nations of Europe were so enchained in the strife against Pope and King that they had little thought for new discoveries.

14 As though by that monosyllable freed from an enchaining spell, Joan started, moved quickly to his side and held the goblet to his lips.

15 The veil still shrouded her soul; the dream still held her enchained.

16 ‘I am inclined,’ he says, ‘to write a good deal; for there can be nothing so remembrancing and enchaining as a good long letter, be it composed of what it may.’

17 We wished, we were bound to leave the house at daybreak, to which the mightiest ties enchained us.

18 A lovely fiend, holding raw boys enchained, that your associates might rifle their purses with marked cards and cogged dice.

19 Du N. Are words denied the heart Of firmest mould, or what enchains my tongue?

20 He had long ago ceased to care for la belle brune de Bordeaux, the beautiful girl who had enchained his early affections and thereby become a bar to his boundless ambition.

1 抓住

holt hold purchase clutch grasp seizure snatch prehension nobble snavel PIN pot nail tackle cop Nick nab enclasp close catch grab seize fasten grapple lay hands on lay hold of

2 抓牢

grip cinch clench handfast grab grasp fasten gripe

3 吸引住

secure nail enthrall preoccupy enwrap enthral intrigue

4 束缚

tied tie Chain constraint yoke tentacle shackle bondage duress stricture fetter trammel constrain crib crimp entrammel hog-tie tie down bound obligatory cord binding ligament leash thrall straitjacket thralldom commit imprison constrict swaddle hopple astrict hold in leash astriction band bond restriction slavery restraint cramp captivity bridle noose stranglehold manacle thraldom ring-fence hamshackle astringe enfetter engage chain bind curb restrain tether pinion halter strait-waistcoat hamper limbo hobble hedge tie by the leg bind down

5 留住

retain keep

6 迷住

enthrall enamor

7 锁定

lock-up lock

8 锁住

lock catch bolt