set by the heels

• v. 监禁；束缚；推翻

例句

用作动词 (v.)

1. The criminal faced segregation for unfixed periods.
   这个罪犯面临无期隔离监禁。
2. Enemy aliens were imprisoned during the war.
   战争期间敌国侨民遭到监禁。
3. He's a poor man who was strapped by the beliefs.
   他是个受教规束缚的可怜人。
4. We should break the bondage of ossified thinking.
   我们要冲破保守僵化思想的束缚。
5. The generals plotted to upset the government.
   将军们策划推翻政府。
6. The witness disaffirmed her former testimony.
   证人推翻了她原来的证词。

词汇搭配

• set someone by the heels 束缚住(某人)的手脚...