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单词 tie up
释义 tie up
transitive verb
1. : to fasten or restrain with or as if with a tie
2. : to cause to be in a hindered, impaired, or inoperative condition
 < all week long … filibustering and Communist clamoring tied up the assembly — Time >
 < a strike that would tie up the port — C.P.Curtis >
3.
 a. : to put in such a place or invest in such a manner as to make unavailable for other purposes
  < tie your money up in stocks >
 b. : to subject (property) to such restrictions or bring into such condition that alienation or sale is impossible
  < the will tied up the estate >
4. : to connect closely : link
 < a striking window display tied up with an autographing party — Publishers' Weekly >
5.
 a. : to keep busy : preoccupy
  < tied up in conference all day >
 b. : to preempt the use of
  < tied up the phone for an hour >
intransitive verb
1.
 a. : to make a boat secure
  < we tied up … twenty-six hours after leaving — W.O.Douglas >
 b. : dock
  < warships … tie up together — New York Herald Tribune >
2.
 a. : to establish a close relationship
  < Christian counsels … tie up integrally with the civil law — Mary W. Hess >
 b. : to enter into a partnership
  < tie up with other advertisers >
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