1 VERB 使紧密联系；使关系密切 If something binds people together, it makes them feel as if they are all part of the same group or have something in common. 使紧密联系；使关系密切 [Also VERB n]
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It is the memory and threat of persecution that binds them together. [VERB noun with together]
遭受迫害的记忆和威胁把他们紧紧联系在一起。
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...the social and political ties that bind the USA to Britain.
将美国和英国紧紧相连的社会和政治纽带
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...a group of people bound together by shared language, culture, and beliefs. [VERB-ed]
由共同的语言、文化和信仰紧紧联系在一起的一个群体
SYN unite, join, link, consolidate
2 VERB 约束；限制；使负有义务（或责任） If you are bound by something such as a rule, agreement, or restriction, you are forced or required to act in a certain way. 约束；限制；使负有义务（或责任） [Also VERB n]
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The Luxembourg-based satellite service is not bound by the same strict rules as the BBC. [be VERB-ed + by]
设在卢森堡的卫星服务公司无须像英国广播公司那样遵守严格的规定。
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The authorities will be legally bound to arrest any suspects. [be VERB-ed to-infinitive]
当局负有逮捕所有疑犯的法律责任。
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There is a bottom deck though, so you're not bound to sit on top. [be VERB-ed to-infinitive]
不过还有一个底舱，所以你不一定非得坐在顶层。
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The treaty binds them to respect their neighbour's independence. [VERB noun to-infinitive]
条约规定他们必须尊重其邻国的独立。
SYN oblige, make, force, require
3 VERB 束；绑；捆绑 If you bind something or someone, you tie rope, string, tape, or other material around them so that they are held firmly. 束；绑；捆绑
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Bind the ends of the cord together with thread. [VERB noun adv./prep.]
用线把这根绳子的两端捆扎起来。
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...the red tape which was used to bind the files. [VERB noun]
用来捆扎文件的红带子
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He said there were cases where prisoners were tightly bound, often for several days. [VERB noun]
他说有时犯人会被紧紧地捆绑起来，往往一捆就是好几天。
SYN tie, unite, join, stick
4 VERB 装订（书籍） When a book is bound, the pages are joined together and the cover is put on. 装订（书籍）
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Each volume is bound in bright-coloured cloth. [be VERB-ed + in]
每一卷都采用色彩亮丽的布面装帧。
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Their business came from a few big publishers, all of whose books they bound. [VERB noun]
他们的业务来自于几个大出版商，这些出版商的书都是他们装订的。
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...four immaculately bound hardbacks. [VERB-ed]
4本装订精美的精装书
SYN trim, finish, edge, border
5 V-ERG 结合 If one chemical or particle is bound to another, it becomes attached to it or reacts with it to form a single particle or substance. 结合 [technical]
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At present nobody understands why these three quarks which are in the proton are bound together. [be VERB-ed adv./prep.]
目前还没有人知道质子里面的这三个夸克为什么会结合在一起。
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These may bind to receptor molecules on the surfaces of cells. [VERB prep.]
这些可能会在细胞表面和受体分子结合在一起。
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These compounds bind with genetic material in the liver. [VERB prep.]
这些化合物在肝脏中与遗传物质实现结合。
SYN fuse, join, stick, bond
6 VERB （烹饪中）（使）黏合 In cookery, if you bind a mixture of food, you form it into a mass by mixing it with a sticky substance. （烹饪中）（使）黏合
7 N-SING [a NOUN] 左右为难的境地；进退两难的境地 If you are in a bind, you are in a difficult situation, usually because you have to make a decision or a choice and whatever decision or choice you make will have unpleasant consequences. 左右为难的境地；进退两难的境地 [informal]
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This puts the politicians in a bind as to what course to take.
这使政治家们左右为难，不知道该如何处理。
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I'll advance you the money for it, here and now, just to help you out of a bind.
我现在就把钱预付给你，好让你摆脱困境。
8 N-SING [a NOUN] 令人不快的事物；无聊的事物 If you say that something is a bind, you mean that it is unpleasant and boring to do. 令人不快的事物；无聊的事物 [British, informal]
SYN nuisance, inconvenience, hassle [informal] , drag [informal]
9 See also: binding bound double bind
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