tie

[tai]

n.束缚, 使人结合在一起的事物, 领带, 绳, 不分胜负
v.系, 约束, 捆绑, 打结, 连结

例句与用法：

The strike tied up production for a week.

这次罢工造成停产一周。

Does this sash tie in front or at the back?

这腰带是在前面打结还是在後面？

She has been tied to the house for weeks looking after her invalid father.

几个星期来她一直呆在家中照顾有病的父亲。

They were bound by legal ties.

他们受到法律的约束。

They want to loosen their ties with Britain.

他们想要削弱同英国的关系。

The girl tied the ends of the thread.

这女孩把线的两端结起来。

词形变化：

动词过去式: tied | 动词过去分词: tied | 动词现在分词: tying | 动词第三人称单数: ties |

详细释义：

vt.

1. 系, 拴, 捆, 扎[O]

He tied the magazines with string.

他用绳子把杂志捆起来。

The robber tied him to a pillar.

强盗把他捆在柱子上。

2. 打(结), 系上

She tied the ribbon in a bow.

她把缎带系成一个蝴蝶结。

3. 束缚, 约束

I was tied to my job by a contract.

我因订有合同而不能离职。

4. 联系, 联合; 使结为夫妻[H][(+to)]

5. 与……打成平手[H]

The All-Japan was tied for first place.

全日本联队得并列第一。

vi.

1. 被系住

2. 打结

3. 打成平手[(+with/for)]

The home team and the visitors tied.

主队和客队赛成平局。

n.

1. 领带

2. 绳索, 带子

3. 联系; 关系; 纽带[P1]

We have established trade ties with these regions.

我们和这些地区建立了贸易关系。

4. 束缚; 牵累[S1]

She says the housework is a tie.

她说家务是个牵累。

5. 得分相等, 平手

The game ended in a tie.

这场比赛结果不分胜负。

6. 枕木, 轨枕

短语词组：

tied up with

1. 与……密切联系

They were tied up with that big company.

他们与那家大公司关系密切。

2. 忙于

She was tied up with the housework all day.

她整天忙于家务。

tie down

1. 束缚; 约束

We must tie him down to the contract.

我们必须使他受合同约束。

tie in

1. 使结合; 使相配

This illustration is cleverly tied in with the content.

这幅插图与内容配合得很巧妙。

tie off

1. 包扎

The nurse tied off his bleeding finger.

护士扎住了他流血的手指。

tie oneself to

1. 依靠; 依赖

She tied herself closely to her husband.

她紧紧依赖着丈夫。

tie up

1. 系住

He tied up the horse and went into the inn.

他系住马, 走进了小酒店。

2. 使受阻

The traffic had been tied up for three hours.

交通阻塞已有三个小时。