tie down

英 [taɪ daʊn]

美 [taɪ daʊn]

限制; 束缚; 牵制

法律

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 限制;束缚;牵制
  A person or thing thattiesyoudownrestricts your freedom in some way.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。

英英释义

verb

• restrain from independence by an obligation
  1. He was tied down by his work
• secure with or as if with ropes
  1. tie down the prisoners
  2. tie up the old newspapers and bring them to the recycling shed
  Synonym:tie upbindtruss

双语例句

• 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。”
• One officer had to tie down the left leg, another one the right leg, and so on, but I was the only one to execute the condemned.
  一个人负责绑住左腿，另一个人负责右腿，以此类推，但我是惟一负责处决死刑犯的人。
• The blues are keen to tie down their star midfielder to a new long-term contract to ward off potential suitors of the England international.
  蓝军希望用一份新的长期合同留住他们的明星中场，并避免那些对这位英格兰国脚有所觊觎的追求者。
• The output can be more specific than just specifying the analog pin number, but the generic number allows flexibility because it does not tie down any one pin to any one job.
  输出也可能比仅指定模拟管脚编号更为具体，但是本机编号灵活性更好，因为它不会将任何一个管脚束缚到某一项作业上。
• 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。
• The enfant terrible of the business world attributes his success to hard-work, lack of personal distractions and extensive use of binding employment contracts: I like to tie down my best employees.
  这名商界怪才将他的成功归因于三点：一是勤奋努力，二是一心工作，三是广泛采用约束力大的雇佣合同：我喜欢把最优秀的员工牢牢拴住。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Luyuan continued to resist anything that would tie her down.
  李芦媛继续抵制着任何可能会束缚她的事情。