yoke /jəʊk/ (yoking,yoked,yokes)

• 1.  

  N-SING（单数型名词） 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. 羁绊; 枷锁 [文学性][usu N 'of' n, adj N]

  例：

  People are still suffering under the yoke of slavery.

  人们仍然生活在奴隶制的枷锁之下。

• 2.  

  N-COUNT（可数名词） A yoke is a long piece of wood tied across the necks of two animals such as oxen, in order to make them walk close together when they are pulling a plow. 轭; 牛轭
• 3.  

  V-T（及物动词） 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

  例：

  The introduction attempts to yoke the pieces together.

  引言试图将各部分硬拼凑在一起。