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

• This project tied up a great deal of manpower.
  这项工程占用了大量人力。
• I'm sorry to disappoint you again, but really I'll be tied up then.
  很抱歉又一次让你失望，可是我实在抽不出身来。
• 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 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。
• I'll leave you tied up here naked.
  我会将你赤身裸体捆在这。
• Because I was tied up in traffic for a hour.
  因为我塞车了，被困了一个小时。
• I'm tied up to this feeling.
  我对你的感觉是这样自然而然。
• No, I've talked to guys tied up before.
  不，我以前和绑起来的人谈过。
• The books were all tied up with tape.
  所有书籍都用布条捆扎了起来。
• I have about 20 year's magazines tied up in bundles.
  我把大约20年的杂志扎成捆。