tie down
英 [taɪ daʊn]
美 [taɪ daʊn]
限制; 束缚; 牵制
柯林斯词典
- PHRASAL VERB 限制;束缚;牵制
A person or thing thattiesyoudownrestricts your freedom in some way.- We'd agreed from the beginning not to tie each other down...
我们一开始就说好了不会互相束缚。 - The reason he didn't have a family was that he didn't want to be tied down.
他没有成家的理由是不想被捆住手脚。
- We'd agreed from the beginning not to tie each other down...
英英释义
verb
- restrain from independence by an obligation
- He was tied down by his work
- secure with or as if with ropes
- tie down the prisoners
- tie up the old newspapers and bring them to the recycling shed
双语例句
- Still the land could not tie them down or call them back.
可这土地还是不能拴住他们,不能召唤他们回来。 - Your fickleness will however entice a host of unusual suitors eager to tie you down.
然而正是你的这种变化无常,却深深地诱惑着一群渴望牢牢套住你的追求者。 - When managing a semi-professional club, it's a good idea to try and tie down key players to full-time contracts to maximise their training time.
当执教半职业俱乐部时,把球员合同签成全职合同以增加训练,会是一个好主意。 - I don't want to tie myself down to coming back on a particular date.
我不想限定自己在哪一天回来。 - Hua said:" I am afraid that you will be scared, so Isuggest that we set up a post with a loop to tie down your arm with rope. Then, when your eyes are covered, I will start the operation. "
华佗说:“我怕你害怕,立一柱子,柱子上吊一环,把你的胳膊套入环中,用绳子捆紧,再盖住你的眼睛,给你开刀治疗。” - She doesn't want children because she says they tie you down.
她不想要孩子,因为她说孩子会使你受到束缚。 - But by dressing black tie down or putting a new spin on it, suddenly the men can look more interesting too.
但如果休闲地穿上无尾礼服或者在上面加上新的修饰,顿时男士们也会看上去更有趣。 - But this move by our4th column will directly menace the northwestern and northern suburbs of Peiping and tie down those enemy forces so that they dare not move.
但四纵此举直接威胁北平西北郊和北郊,可以钳制这些敌人不敢动。 - He did not tie me down with too many regulations, but provided help when needed.
他不会用太多的限定、规定来束缚我,但是在有需要的时候会给我帮助。 - I can't tie them down to a fixed estimate of what it is likely to cost.
因定预算可能会花费多少,我不能用这来限制他们。