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 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。
• The books were tied up in bundles of twenty.
  那些书被捆成20本1捆。
• 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。
• The books were all tied up with tape.
  所有书籍都用布条捆扎了起来。
• 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。
• I have about 20 year's magazines tied up in bundles.
  我把大约20年的杂志扎成捆。
• No, I've talked to guys tied up before.
  不，我以前和绑起来的人谈过。
• 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。
• This project tied up a great deal of manpower.
  这项工程占用了大量人力。