单词 | to be tied to time |
释义 | > as lemmasto be tied to (or for) time a. transitive. To bind, oblige, restrain, constrain to (also from) some course of action, etc.; to limit, confine, restrict. to be tied to (or for) time: to be bound or limited to a certain time for doing something. (See also phrases in sense 2.) ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > obedience > compulsion > compel [verb (transitive)] > to perform or adhere to hold971 tiec1200 exact1564 enforce1647 confine1651 straiten1652 to tie down1692 to nail down1859 c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 181 Ilch man of his wise noteð his swinhc swilch se he is to iteied. Clerc on his wise. Cniht on his wise... And ilches craftes þeau swo he beð to iteied. c1412 T. Hoccleve De Regimine Principum 1474 God for-beede þou þe haddist tyed Þer-to, but if þin herte myght han plyed For to obserue it wel. 1532 (c1385) Usk's Test. Loue in Wks. G. Chaucer iii. f. ccclii If it were nat in mannes owne lyberte of fre wyl to do good or bad, but to the one teyed by bonde of goddes preordynaunce. 1577 M. Hanmer tr. Socrates Scholasticus vi. Proëme, in Aunc. Eccl. Hist. 360 I will..tye my selfe..vnto the trueth of the history. 1609 W. Shakespeare Pericles ix. 8 She hath so strictly Tyed her to her Chamber. View more context for this quotation 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 184/1 The White Friers..were tyed to Fasting, Silence, and Canonical hours. 1713 G. Berkeley in Guardian 25 Apr. 2/2 I must tie this Gentleman close to the Argument. 1860 J. W. Carlyle Lett. (1883) III. 38 Unfortunately I am tied to time. I must be back in London. 1901 Daily Tel. 22 Mar. 9/5 The British being to a certain extent tied in South Africa. < as lemmas |
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