Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular present tense yokes, present participle yoking, past tense, past participle yoked
1N-SING [adjective NOUN]奴役;束缚;羁绊;枷锁 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. 奴役;束缚;羁绊;枷锁 [literary]
People are still suffering under the yoke of slavery. [+ of]
人们仍然生活在奴隶制的枷锁之下。
...a domineering comedian whose son flees to Blackpool to escape the parental yoke.
2N-COUNT 轭;牛轭 A yoke is a long piece of wood which is tied across the necks of two animals such as oxen, in order to make them walk close together when they are pulling a plough. 轭;牛轭
3VERB 使强行结合;把…硬拼凑在一起 If two or more people or things are yoked together, they are forced to be closely linked with each other. 使强行结合;把…硬拼凑在一起
The introduction attempts to yoke the pieces together. [V n together]
导言部分试图将各部分硬拼凑在一起。
The Auto Pact yoked Ontario into the United States economy. [V n + to/into]
《汽车协定》强行将安大略纳入了美国的经济体系中。
Farmers and politicians are yoked by money and votes. [beVERB-ed]