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单词 to be tied to time
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to 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.)
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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.
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