tying up

常见例句

I read an article that recommended tying up your dog outside in front of your house on Halloween night to keep pranksters away.
我读过一篇文章说在万圣节之夜把你的狗狗绑到屋子外面来防止他人的恶作剧。
Most other countries thought this would only complicate matters, particularly if it means tying up Greek assets due for privatisation.
大多数其他国家想这么做只能将事件复杂化，尤其如果它意味着为了预期的私有化而捆绑希腊资产。
By this time the clerk had returned with the socks. Placing a pair upon the boy's feet, she then purchased him a pair of shoes, and tying up the remaining pairs of socks, gave them to the boy.
这时，店员也取来了袜子，她把一双穿到了男孩的脚上，又为他买了一双鞋子，然后捆好剩余的袜子递给了男孩，女士拍着他的头说：“小朋友，现在一定感到舒服多了吧？”

Vigo's chief executive, Mario Trujillo, blames Western Union's heavy-handed tactic of tying up its agents.
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Anxious about tying up the line, Arty nevertheless announced that it was his birthday.
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At the same time, farming was hugely labor-intensive, tying up almost half the American workforce.
NEWYORKER: Testing, Testing