tie up

基本解释

You need the loan for years, but investors don't want to tie up their money for years.
这笔款你需要贷若干年,可是投资者不希望他们的钱被占用好几年
If you can do this, your threaded code will be really efficient and it won't tie up valuable mutex locks.
如果能够做到这一点，线程代码将是非常高效的，并且不会占用宝贵的互斥对象锁。
The consequence, however, was to tie up trillions of dollars that could be spent on helping them combat the worst effects of the financial crisis.
然而，其后果是占用了本可以用来帮助它们应对此次金融危机最严重影响的数万亿美元资金。
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To ease traffic congestion,Clark says, Houston transportation officials created special safety programs to reduce the number of accidents, which tie up traffic.
You need the loan for years, but investors don't want to tie up their money for years.
这笔款你需要贷若干年,可是投资者不希望他们的钱被占用好几年
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Had to wake up really early, had to wear suit and tie every day.
在那里必须很早起床，并且每天都要穿西装打领带。
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So why would anyone tie up his net worth in a creaky 80-year-old mill?
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When you tie something up, you fasten string or rope around it so that it is firm or secure.
If someone ties another person up, they fasten ropes around them so that they cannot move or escape.
If you tie an animal up, you fasten it to a fixed object with a piece of rope so that it cannot run away.