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

• I'm afraid I'll be tied up until 7 o'clock.; I'm afraid I won't be free until 7 o'clock.
  我七点钟以前恐怕抽不出身来。
• 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。
• Because I was tied up in traffic for a hour.
  因为我塞车了，被困了一个小时。
• The little money that was available was tied up in bureaucratic red tape.
  能用的那点儿小钱被繁文缛节拖得遥遥无期。
• Your security team's tied up in the basement.
  你的保安组都被我捆在地下室了。
• 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。
• I have about 20 year's magazines tied up in bundles.
  我把大约20年的杂志扎成捆。
• 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 got them tied up like a couple of girl friends in the convent.
  我把他们两个象是修道院的一对女朋友似的绑在一起了。