tie-up

英 [ˈtaɪ ʌp]

美 [ˈtaɪ ʌp]

n.  (两家公司的)联合，合作; 联系; 关系; 关联; 停顿; 停滞不前

复数：tie-ups　

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牛津词典

noun

• （两家公司的）联合，合作
  an agreement between two companies to join together
  1. They're negotiating a tie-up with Ford.
     他们正在与福特公司洽谈合作事宜。
• 联系；关系；关联
  a connection between two or more things
  1. a tie-up between politics and economics
     政治和经济之间的关系
• 停顿；停滞不前
  a situation in which sth stops working or moving forward
  1. a traffic tie-up
     交通阻塞

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT (交通)阻塞
  Atie-upor atraffic tie-upis a long line of vehicles that cannot move forward because there is too much traffic, or because the road is blocked by something.
  1. In some cities this morning, there were traffic tie-ups up to 40 miles long.
     今天早上，在有些城市汽车排起了长达 40 英里的长龙。

in BRIT, use 英国英语用 traffic jam


• N-COUNT 经济关系;贸易往来
  Atie-upbetween two organizations is a business connection that has been arranged between them.
  1. The deal is expected to result in similar tie-ups between big media companies and telecommunications operators.
     这笔交易可能促成大型传媒公司和电信运营商结成类似的联营关系。

英英释义

noun

• an interruption of normal activity
  Synonym:standstandstill
• a social or business relationship
  1. a valuable financial affiliation
  2. he was sorry he had to sever his ties with other members of the team
  3. many close associations with England
  Synonym:affiliationassociationtie

双语例句

• It is also contemplating a tie-up with Renault and Nissan.
  公司还期望与雷诺－日产结为盟友。
• That may make it easier for BofA to reap the strategic benefits of its messy tie-up with Merrill Lynch.
  这可能让美国银行更容易收获该行与美林（merrilllynch）合并所带来的战略好处。
• The deal is part of the expanding tie-up between the Korean and Japanese partners.
  上述协议是这两家日韩企业间不断扩大的合作关系的一部分。
• When Rakuten set up an online shopping mall in China with Baidu, the tie-up seemed a clear formula for success.
  当乐天（rakuten）和百度联手，在中国成立在线商城时，这一合作看上去似乎是天作之合，成功指日可待。
• Neither company would confirm a tie-up, but rumors to that effect have been gathering steam online all week.
  两家公司都没有确认这笔交易，但过去整整一周，网上有关这一消息的传闻却甚嚣尘上。
• The heavy snowstorm caused a tie-up of traffic.
  大风雪造成了交通的暂时停顿。
• The tie-up will direct English searches from Baidu to Microsoft's Bing, which will deliver the results back to Baidu's Web pages.
  它们的连结会将英文搜索从百度发送到微软的“必应”，“必应”再将搜索结果发送回百度的网页。
• Rio/ BHP Billiton was the tie-up most shareholders always wanted.
  与必和必拓（bhpbilliton）结盟，向来是多数力拓股东最希望看到的。
• The state-orchestrated tie-up will see China Eastern dominate the Shanghai aviation hub.
  这场由政府安排的联姻，将使东航在上海航空枢纽占据主导地位。
• Midwest and Murchison, which have held tie-up talks before, hope to develop a new iron ore hub in Western Australia's midwest region.
  此前，中西部公司和Murchison曾进行合作谈判，希望在西澳的中西部地区开发一个新的铁矿石枢纽。