| 词汇 | tie up |
| 释义 | tie up [phrasal verb] 1 tie up or tie (something) up or tie up (something) : to become attached or to attach (something) to a fixed object with a string, rope, etc.被拴住；（用线或绳子等）拴住 They tied (the boat) up and jumped out.他们把小船拴好后跳上了岸。 The ferry ties up at the south slip.渡船在南部停泊处抛锚。 2 tie (something) up or tie up (something) a : to deal with (something) in order to complete something处理完；完成 The project is almost finished, but we still have a few final details to tie up. = We still have to tie up some loose ends.这个工程基本完工了，但我们最后还有一些细节要处理。 The writer ties up all the loose ends at the end of the story.在故事结尾处，作者对所有零星内容做了收尾。 b US : to prevent the use or progress of (something)使…受阻 He tied up the phone for an hour. [=he used the phone for an hour and other people could not use it]他占用了一小时的电话。 Traffic was tied up [=backed up] for hours/miles.交通堵了好几小时/英里。 3 tie up (money) in (something) or tie (money) up in (something) : to invest (money) in (something) in a way that prevents it from being used for some other purpose占用，搁死（资金）；使（资金）不能挪用 They tied up all of their money in their new business.他们把所有钱都投在了新的生意里。 — usually used as (be) tied up in通常用作(be) tied up in The money was tied up in stocks.钱被投在股市里了。 4 tie up with (something) or be tied up with (something) : to be connected or related to (something)与…有联系；与…有关 Today's lesson tied up with what was taught yesterday.今天的课和昨天讲的有关联。 My life is tied up with hers.我和她的生活密不可分。 5 tie (someone) up or tie up (someone) a : to tie rope, tape, etc., around the body, arms, or legs of (someone) in order to keep that person from moving or escaping（用绳子、胶带等）捆绑（某人） The robbers tied up the clerk.劫匪把那名职员绑了起来。 b : to prevent (someone) from doing other things or from going to a particular place阻止（某人）做某事；阻止（某人）去某地；使脱不开身 Meetings tied me up for most of the afternoon.我一下午大部分时间都在开会。 — usually used as (be) tied up通常用作(be) tied up She was tied up in traffic.交通堵塞，她被堵在路上了。 I'd like to help but I'm a bit tied up at the moment.我很愿意帮忙，但是目前我脱不开身。 — see also 1tie 1, 2 (above), tie-up tie |
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