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

• 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。
• She was tied up with housework and couldn't go.
  她为家务所羁绊，未能前往。
• 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。
• 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。
• And she's tied up because.
  她被绑了起来，因为。
• Because I was tied up in traffic for a hour.
  因为我塞车了，被困了一个小时。
• He is too tied up with his work to get away.
  他工作太忙，拔不出身。
• 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。
• No, I've talked to guys tied up before.
  不，我以前和绑起来的人谈过。
• 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。