2N-PLURAL 束缚;羁绊;枷锁 If you throw off the shackles of something, you reject it or free yourself from it because it was preventing you from doing what you wanted to do. 束缚;羁绊;枷锁 [literary]
...a country ready to throw off the shackles of its colonial past. [+ of]
决定摆脱过去殖民束缚的国家
3N-PLURAL 镣铐;手铐;脚镣Shackles are two metal rings joined by a chain which are fastened around someone's wrists or ankles in order to prevent them from moving or escaping. 镣铐;手铐;脚镣