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

• Has the dog been let loose or is it still tied up?
  狗已经放了还是仍在拴着？
• This project tied up a great deal of manpower.
  这项工程占用了大量人力。
• 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。
• He is too tied up with his work to get away.
  他工作太忙，拔不出身。
• 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。
• Your security team's tied up in the basement.
  你的保安组都被我捆在地下室了。
• 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。
• They dismounted, tied up their horses and gave them the grain they had brought.
  他们下了马，把马拴起来，把带来的粮食喂给它们吃。
• 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'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。