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

• She was tied up with housework and couldn't go.
  她为家务所羁绊，未能前往。
• Your security team's tied up in the basement.
  你的保安组都被我捆在地下室了。
• The books were tied up in bundles of twenty.
  那些书被捆成20本1捆。
• 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。
• The books were all tied up with tape.
  所有书籍都用布条捆扎了起来。
• 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。
• From behind a bush, I saw a man tied up.
  在一个树丛后面，我看到了一个被绑着的男人。
• I am tied up this afternoon because I have an appointment with my dentist.
  今天下午我没空，我和牙医有约。
• No, I've talked to guys tied up before.
  不，我以前和绑起来的人谈过。
• 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。