一提起手銬，我們馬上就會(huì)聯(lián)想到被警察抓起來(lái)的罪犯。其實(shí)，生活中除了有形的手銬之外，還存在著無(wú)形的手銬，也許閱讀本篇文章的你也帶著這樣一副手銬卻不自知。這種無(wú)形的手銬經(jīng)常以充滿誘惑的形式出現(xiàn)，讓你難以抵擋，乖乖就范。如果你的上司準(zhǔn)備給你升職，和你簽訂新的合同，那么你要警惕了，他也許正要給你戴上一副金手銬（golden handcuffs）哦。

Golden handcuffs are a system of financial incentives designed to keep an employee from leaving the company. These can include employee stock options which will not vest for several years but are more often contractual obligations to give back lucrative bonuses or other compensation if the employee leaves for another company.

金手銬是不讓員工離開(kāi)公司的一套經(jīng)濟(jì)刺激方案。可以是員工持股權(quán)金手銬的一種，不過(guò)股份承諾要好幾年才會(huì)兌現(xiàn)，而且一旦員工離職去另一家公司便要按照合同規(guī)定返還之前所得紅利以及其他補(bǔ)貼。

In television, if a host has signed the 'golden handcuffs' deal with the network, it means they cannot appear on any other rival channel.

在電視行業(yè)，如果一個(gè)主播與一個(gè)電視網(wǎng)簽訂了“金手銬”協(xié)議，那么他就不能再為任何其他與該電視網(wǎng)相競(jìng)爭(zhēng)的頻道主持節(jié)目。

More broadly, the term can also refer to any kind of situation in which a generous salary is used to keep an important employee from looking for a more desirable but less certain position.

廣義上，這個(gè)詞還可以用來(lái)指用豐厚的薪水來(lái)讓重要的員工安于其位，不再去想尋找其他更好的工作。

例如：Teachers joining the most disadvantaged secondary schools are to receive “golden handcuff” payments of ￡10,000 in an attempt to narrow the achievement gap between rich and poor pupils.

加入實(shí)力最弱的中學(xué)的老師將得到10000英鎊的豐厚薪水，此項(xiàng)決策是通過(guò)給教師戴上“金手銬”來(lái)縮小家境富有和貧窮的學(xué)生之間（由于教育資源的不平衡而帶來(lái)）的成就上的差距。

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（實(shí)習(xí)生 陳丹妮，英語(yǔ)點(diǎn)津 Helen 編輯）

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