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

• If you haven't yet been able to tie down exactly what parts of your project need to be done in software and which in hardware, an FPGA is probably the ideal solution.
  如果您还不能准确地确定项目中的哪些部分需要通过软件完成、哪些部分需要通过硬件完成，则FPGA可能会是您的一个理想的选择。
• We must tie him down to the contract.
  我们必须使他受合同约束。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Li Wu, see the little girl did not respond, they pull out the clothes a brooch, into his arm severely tie it down.
  小姑娘见李武没有反应，就拔出衣服上一枚胸针，对着他的胳膊狠狠扎了下去。