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

• The output can be more specific than just specifying the analog pin number, but the generic number allows flexibility because it does not tie down any one pin to any one job.
  输出也可能比仅指定模拟管脚编号更为具体，但是本机编号灵活性更好，因为它不会将任何一个管脚束缚到某一项作业上。
• One officer had to tie down the left leg, another one the right leg, and so on, but I was the only one to execute the condemned.
  一个人负责绑住左腿，另一个人负责右腿，以此类推，但我是惟一负责处决死刑犯的人。
• 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。
• Tie down the foam and form the head of the cricket
  把泡沫绑起形成蟋蟀的头部
• We must tie him down to the contract.
  我们必须使他受合同约束。
• A storm is coming! Tie things down before they blow away!
  刮风暴了！快把东西系好，别刮跑了！
• 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。
• Hua said:" I am afraid that you will be scared, so Isuggest that we set up a post with a loop to tie down your arm with rope. Then, when your eyes are covered, I will start the operation. "
  华佗说：“我怕你害怕，立一柱子，柱子上吊一环，把你的胳膊套入环中，用绳子捆紧，再盖住你的眼睛，给你开刀治疗。”
• I don't want to tie myself down to coming back on a particular date.
  我不想限定自己在哪一天回来。
• But Google is not a state-owned utility and Europe should not allow its Lilliputians to tie down Gulliver just because he is bigger than them.
  但谷歌也并非一家国有公用事业公司，欧洲不应仅仅因为巨人的个子远远大于小人，就允许小人捆住巨人。