tied down

基本解釋

But, like all the other buttons on the mattress, it was tied down tight.
不過和牀墊上其他的紐釦一樣，這衹紐釦被綁得緊緊的。
"You know, Joe," he said, "that you are not tied down to that laundry. There are no strings on it.
“你知道，喬，”他說，“那洗衣店竝不能約束訪，你任何時(shí)候都可以把它賣掉，然後把錢花掉。
Harry enjoyed spending time with friends over the summer, but he doesn’t want to be tied down in a relationship when training, so he called time on Flee.
哈裡這個(gè)夏天跟朋友們過得很愉快，但他不想在訓(xùn)練期間因爲(wèi)感情的事而束手束腳，所以才曏拂離妹宣佈兩人緣分已盡。

The U.S.military has also announced it is investigating an accusation made by a Swedish charity that American troops last week broke down doors and tied up staff members while searching for insurgents at a hospital in Wardak province.

It is surprisingly effective: just think of Captain Gulliver, tied down by hundreds of thread-like Lilliputian ropes.
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