to be chained to sth被束缚于某事物;受制于某事物
I should hate to be chained to a desk all day.我可能会讨厌整天伏案工作。
Women were chained to unhappy marriages for life.那时候妇女终生都无法摆脱不幸福的婚姻。
As far as foreign policy is concerned, the country is chained to its past.就外交政策而言, 这个国家受制于自身的历史。