be tied to/by something

to be restricted by a particular situation, job etc, so that you cannot do exactly what you want 被某事物束缚[约束，限制]

Many women felt tied to the house.

很多妇女觉得自己被束缚在家里了。

be tied to doing something

I didn’t want to be tied to commuting to London.

我不想受约束天天乘车到伦敦去上班。

With children, you’re tied by school holidays.

如果有孩子，你就会被学校的假期牵住。

Examples from the Corpus

be tied to doing something• All but two of its visible nodes will be tied to the output of cells on a retina.• All were tied to their product and its relation to the wing flying mission.• But time is tied to the wrist or kept in a box, ticking with impatience.• Much of the crooked trading is tied to mergers and acquisitions, which reached record levels last year.• Serfs were tied to the land and the great landowners did largely as they pleased.• She was tied to a sacrificial altar.• Weights can be tied to the scaffolds to pull the branches down to create these angles.

→ be tied to/by something at tie1(2)

单词	be tied to/by something
释义	be tied to/by something be tied to/by something to be restricted by a particular situation, job etc, so that you cannot do exactly what you want 被某事物束缚[约束，限制] Many women felt tied to the house. 很多妇女觉得自己被束缚在家里了。 be tied to doing something I didn’t want to be tied to commuting to London. 我不想受约束天天乘车到伦敦去上班。 With children, you’re tied by school holidays. 如果有孩子，你就会被学校的假期牵住。 Examples from the Corpus be tied to doing something• All but two of its visible nodes will be tied to the output of cells on a retina.• All were tied to their product and its relation to the wing flying mission.• But time is tied to the wrist or kept in a box, ticking with impatience.• Much of the crooked trading is tied to mergers and acquisitions, which reached record levels last year.• Serfs were tied to the land and the great landowners did largely as they pleased.• She was tied to a sacrificial altar.• Weights can be tied to the scaffolds to pull the branches down to create these angles. → be tied to/by something at tie1(2)
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