ties

基本解释

My dress ties at the back.
我的衣服在背后打结。
《新英汉大辞典》
Our military ties threaten no third party.
我们的军事关系，不威胁任何第三方。
《新英汉大辞典》
Some officials claimed to unhook connections with the companies but still maintained close ties on the sly.
某些干部口称已跟公司脱钩，可暗中仍然保持联系。
《新英汉大辞典》

We must not be enemies. Though emotion may have damaged them, it must not break our ties of love."
Yeats bridges Irish and English cultures, and he is importantly Protestant with social and family ties to English life.
叶芝连接了爱尔兰和英国文化，作为新教徒，他和英国,在社会和家庭方面联系紧密。
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So that when he says that citizens are held together by ties of common affection he means something very specific.
所以当他们说到公民是由,共同感情的关系所团结在一起,他所指的是非常明确的东西。
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But 7 of 15 members either work for Murdoch or have strong ties to the company.
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If you tie two things together or tie them, you fasten them together with a knot.
If you tie something or someone in a particular place or position, you put them there and fasten them using rope or string.
If you tie a piece of string or cloth around something or tie something with a piece of string or cloth, you put the piece of string or cloth around it and fasten the ends together.
If you tie a knot or bow in something or tie something in a knot or bow, you fasten the ends together.
When you tie something or when something ties, you close or fasten it using a bow or knot.
A tie is a long narrow piece of cloth that is worn around the neck under a shirt collar and tied in a knot at the front. Ties are worn mainly by men.
If one thing is tied to another or two things are tied, the two things have a close connection or link.
If you are tied to a particular place or situation, you are forced to accept it and cannot change it.
Ties are the connections you have with people or a place.
If two people tie in a competition or game or if they tie with each other, they have the same number of points or the same degree of success.
Tie is also a noun.
In sports, a tie is a match that is part of a competition. The losers leave the competition and the winners go on to the next round.
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