tied up

英 [taɪd ʌp]

美 [taɪd ʌp]

adj.  忙得不可开交的;不得闲的;正在使用的

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柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 忙得不可开交的;不得闲的;正在使用的
  If someone or something istied up, they are busy or being used, with the result that they are not available for anything else.
  1. He's tied up with his new book. He's working hard, you know...
     他正忙他那本新书。他在辛勤工作，您是知道的。
  2. More and more old people have capital tied up in a house.
     越来越多老年人的资金全让房子给套牢了。

双语例句

• And she's tied up because.
  她被绑了起来，因为。
• I can't help you any more. Every shilling of my money is tied up.
  我不能再帮忙了，我的每一个先令都派了用处。
• They dismounted, tied up their horses and gave them the grain they had brought.
  他们下了马，把马拴起来，把带来的粮食喂给它们吃。
• Sorry, I'm tied up tomorrow.
  对不起，我明天有事。
• Sorry, I'd love to help you, but I'm a little tied up.
  抱歉了，我想帮忙的，但是我被绑住了。
• This project tied up a great deal of manpower.
  这项工程占用了大量人力。
• No, I've talked to guys tied up before.
  不，我以前和绑起来的人谈过。
• I have about 20 year's magazines tied up in bundles.
  我把大约20年的杂志扎成捆。
• Has the dog been let loose or is it still tied up?
  狗已经放了还是仍在拴着？
• I'm tied up to this feeling.
  我对你的感觉是这样自然而然。