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

• 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。
• Your security team's tied up in the basement.
  你的保安组都被我捆在地下室了。
• I've got a feeling that the death may be tied up with his visit in some way.
  我有种感觉，死亡似乎和他的来访有某种关联。
• I'm afraid I'll be tied up until 7 o'clock.; I'm afraid I won't be free until 7 o'clock.
  我七点钟以前恐怕抽不出身来。
• No, I've talked to guys tied up before.
  不，我以前和绑起来的人谈过。
• The books were tied up in bundles of twenty.
  那些书被捆成20本1捆。
• 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。
• Because I was tied up in traffic for a hour.
  因为我塞车了，被困了一个小时。
• I can't help you any more. Every shilling of my money is tied up.
  我不能再帮忙了，我的每一个先令都派了用处。
• Sorry, I'd love to help you, but I'm a little tied up.
  抱歉了，我想帮忙的，但是我被绑住了。