tie up

[phrasal verb]

tie up or tie (something) up or tie up (something) : to become attached or to attach (something) to a fixed object with a string, rope, etc.被拴住；（用線或繩子等）拴住

They tied (the boat) up and jumped out.他們把小船拴好後跳上了岸。
The ferry ties up at the south slip.渡船在南部停泊處抛錨。

tie (something) up or tie up (something)

a : to deal with (something) in order to complete something處理完；完成

The project is almost finished, but we still have a few final details to tie up. = We still have to tie up some loose ends.這個工程基本完工了，但我們最後還有一些細節要處理。
The writer ties up all the loose ends at the end of the story.在故事結尾處，作者對所有零星内容做了收尾。

b US : to prevent the use or progress of (something)使…受阻

He tied up the phone for an hour. [=he used the phone for an hour and other people could not use it]他佔用了一小時的電話。
Traffic was tied up [=backed up] for hours/miles.交通堵了好幾小時/英裏。

tie up (money) in (something) or tie (money) up in (something) : to invest (money) in (something) in a way that prevents it from being used for some other purpose佔用，擱死（資金）；使（資金）不能挪用

They tied up all of their money in their new business.他們把所有錢都投在了新的生意裏。

— usually used as (be) tied up in通常用作(be) tied up in

The money was tied up in stocks.錢被投在股市裏了。

tie up with (something) or be tied up with (something) : to be connected or related to (something)與…有聯系；與…有關

Today's lesson tied up with what was taught yesterday.今天的課和昨天講的有關聯。
My life is tied up with hers.我和她的生活密不可分。

tie (someone) up or tie up (someone)

a : to tie rope, tape, etc., around the body, arms, or legs of (someone) in order to keep that person from moving or escaping（用繩子、膠帶等）捆綁（某人）

The robbers tied up the clerk.劫匪把那名職員綁了起來。

b : to prevent (someone) from doing other things or from going to a particular place阻止（某人）做某事；阻止（某人）去某地；使脫不開身

Meetings tied me up for most of the afternoon.我一下午大部分時間都在開會。

— usually used as (be) tied up通常用作(be) tied up

She was tied up in traffic.交通堵塞，她被堵在路上了。
I'd like to help but I'm a bit tied up at the moment.我很願意幫忙，但是目前我脫不開身。

— see also ¹tie 1, 2 (above), tie-up

tie

tie-up

1 ENTRIES FOUND:

tie-up (noun)

tie-up /ˈtaɪˌʌp/ noun

plural tie-ups

tie-up

/ˈtaɪˌʌp/

noun

plural tie-ups

Learner's definition of TIE-UP

[count]

chiefly US : a situation in which something (such as traffic) becomes very slow or stops because of a problem, accident, etc.（交通）堵塞

An overturned truck caused a traffic tie-up for miles.一輛卡車翻了，造成好幾英裏的交通堵塞。

chiefly British

a : a close connection between people or things緊密的聯系

the tie-up [=link] between poverty and poor health貧困和不良健康狀況的密切聯系

b : an agreement to do business together（生意上的）合作，聯合

There are rumors of a proposed tie-up between the two companies.有傳言說這兩家公司計劃合作。

— see also tie up at ¹tie

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