chain

释义

n.链条; 手铐; 约束; 一连串; 连锁店v.拴住，束缚

大小写变形: Chain CHAIN

词态变化

复数 :   chains ; 第三人称单数 :   chains ; 过去式 :   chained ; 过去分词 :   chained ; 现在分词 :   chaining ;

实用场景例句

Demonstrators sought to forge a human chain around the administrative edifice.

示威者试图在行政大楼周围构筑一条人链。

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a nationwide retail chain

全国零售连锁店

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Italy's leading chain of cinemas.

意大利领先的连锁影院。

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A peculiar chain of events led to his abrupt departure in January 1938.

一连串奇特的事件致使他在1938年1月突然离去。

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A chain of islands known as the Windward Isles

被称为“向风群岛”的一连串岛屿

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The steel railings had a bicycle securely chained to them as a safety measure.

钢制栏杆上有一辆自行车被牢固地锁着作为安全措施。

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His open collar revealed a heavy gold chain dangling from his neck.

他的敞开的衣领下露出一条沉甸甸的金链子垂在脖子上。

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The canines yanked fiercely on their chains while howling loudly.

那些狗在链子上猛烈拉扯，同时高声嚎叫。

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Shackled with thick chains in a dim, barred dungeon for over four years, he was repeatedly subjected to such restraints during that period.

他被粗重的锁链铐在昏暗、铁栏围挡的地牢里超过四年，那段时期屡次遭受此类束缚。

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He needed to break free from the chain of routine that kept him stuck in the present.

他需要摆脱将他困在当下的常规束缚。

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The park bench's unshakable base held the dog firmly with a thick chain.

公园长椅那纹丝不动的底座用一条粗链条牢牢拴住了狗。

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真题例句

On the demand side, those trends include the ongoing addition of more than 70 million people a year, a growing number of people wanting to move up the food chain to consume -72- highly grain-intensive meat products, and the massive diversion ( ' , 转向) of U.S. grain to the production of bio-fuel.

出自-2016年6月阅读原文

In a multi-state study of assisted living , for instance, University of North Carolina researchers found that a host of variables—the facility's type, size or age; whether a chain owned it; how attractive the neighborhood was—had no significant relationship to how the residents fared in terms of illness, mental decline, hospitalizations or mortality.

出自-2016年6月阅读原文

Big fast food chains in New York City have started to obey a first-of-its-kind rule requiring them to post calorie counts right on the menu.

出自-2016年6月听力原文

The microwave and fast-food chains were the biggest catalysts ( ' , 催化剂 ), but the big food companies—which want to sell anything except the raw ingredients that go into cooking—made the home cook an endangered species.

出自-2015年12月阅读原文

But their beds were provided by private individuals, rather than a hotel chain

出自-2013年12月阅读原文

On the demand side, those trends include the ongoing addition of more than 70 million people a year, a growing number of people wanting to move up the food chain to consume highly grain-intensive meat products, and the massive diversion of U.S. grain to t

2016年6月四级真题（第一套）阅读 Section B

That's the vision of a hotel chain that plans to send digital keys to guests' phones via an app instead of making them check in and get the traditional plastic swipe cards.

2015年12月四级真题（第二套）听力 Section A

cut the salary of senior executivesrelocate some of its chain storesadjust its promotion strategiesreduce the size of its staffTo experiment on its new business concept.

出自-2017年6月阅读原文

None of the chain's stores in the Washington metropolitan area are to be closed.

出自-2017年6月阅读原文

It's also pushing ahead in 2016 with an expansion of Bluemercury, the beauty chain it bought last year.

出自-2017年6月阅读原文

2% in November and December at stores open more than a year, a disappointing holiday season performance that capped a difficult year for a department store chain facing wideranging challenges.

出自-2017年6月阅读原文

In the year to August 2007, IKEA, a Swedish furniture chain, sold over one million kitchens worldwide.

出自-2016年6月阅读原文

In less-developed countries, such as those of sub-Saharan Africa and South-East Asia, wastage tends to occur primarily at the farmer-producer end of the supply chain.

出自-2013年12月阅读原文

They run chain stores in central London.

出自-2011年12月听力原文

Iced coffees sold by some popular chains are contaminated.

出自-2010年12月听力原文

The World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF) conducted a survey of iced coffees sold by some popular chains in Britain including Starbucks, Caffe Nero and Costa Coffee to gauge the calories as studies increasingly link obesity with cancer

出自-2010年12月听力原文

But after General mills bought Epic in 2016, Collins and Forrest suddenly had the resources they needed to expand their supply chain.

2019年12月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section B

In addition to supplying milk from their own 85-head herd, they began to help other farmers in the area convent from conventional to certified organic and grass-fed in order to enter the Maple Hill supply chain.

2019年12月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section B

Macy's reported its sales plunged 5.2% in November and December at stores open more than a year, a disappointing holiday season performance that capped a difficult year for a department store chain facing wide—ranging challenges.

2017年6月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section C

Once one person looks at their phone, other people feel compelled to do the same, starting a chain reaction.

2017年12月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section B

Penguins, like other seabirds and marine mammals, occupy higher levels in the food chain and they are what we call bio-indicators of their ecosystems.

2019年12月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section C

The partnership benefits both sides by allowing unconventional partners for example, two companies from two different industries to work together on a specific aspect of the value chain, like, in this example, an engine firm with an accessory one.

2019年6月六级真题（第二套）阅读 Section B

When they started researching the supply chain, they learned that only 2-3% of all Bison is actually grass-fed.

2019年12月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section B

Although the main attraction was the soup, Roze's chain shops also set a new standard for dining out.

2018年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

Demand comes mainly from two sources: independent mom-and-pop grocery stores which, unlike large retail chains, are too small to buy straight from producers, and food service operators that cater to consumers when they don’t eat at home.

出自-2010年考研阅读原文

The power and ambition of the giants of the digital economy is astonishing - Amazon has just announced the purchase of the upmarket grocery chain Whole Foods for $13.5 billion, but two years ago Facebook paid even more than that to acquire the WhatsApp me

2018年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

英英释义

Noun

1. a series of things depending on each other as if linked together;

"the chain of command"

"a complicated concatenation of circumstances"

2. (chemistry) a series of linked atoms (generally in an organic molecule)

3. a series of (usually metal) rings or links fitted into one another to make a flexible ligament

4. a number of similar establishments (stores or restaurants or banks or hotels or theaters) under one ownership

5. anything that acts as a restraint

6. a unit of length

7. a series of hills or mountains;

"the valley was between two ranges of hills"

"the plains lay just beyond the mountain range"

8. metal shackles; for hands or legs

9. a necklace made by a stringing objects together;

"a string of beads"

"a strand of pearls";

Verb

1. connect or arrange into a chain by linking

2. fasten or secure with chains;

"Chain the chairs together"