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发信人: yangs (AirMark), 信区: English
标 题: 800s:tie up
发信站: 哈工大紫丁香 (2001年09月11日09:58:16 星期二), 站内信件
tie up(make telephone line busy, equal score, jammed)占线,平手,拥挤
tie up有很多意思,例如路上交通因车祸、罢工而“拥挤停止”不前;双方的和
谈受到“阻挠”而谈不下去;比赛双方势均力敌,打成“平手”等等,都可以用这
个词表示。另外,这个词与今天常见的用法是指电话线“占线”,如果打电话老打
不通,这时就可用这个词。
^_^You wanted to make a call and your sister was tying up the line for
hours, what can you do?
^_^The traffic was tied up for hours because of an earlier accident.
^_^Because of a tie up in negotiation, I don't believe two parties can
reach an agreement in the near future.
^_^The scores of the two baseball teams are tied up in the fifth
inning.
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