I don't want to be tied to coming home at a particular time.

我不想受按钟点回家的束缚。

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That might mean either developing a uniform way to mark videos and images, showing when and who they were made by, or abandoning phone calls altogether and moving towards data-based communications—using apps like FaceTime or WhatsApp, which can be tied to your identity.

这可能意味着，要么开发一种统一的方式来标记视频和图像，显示视频和图像是何时并由谁制作的，要么完全放弃电话，转向基于数据的通信——使用 FaceTime 或 WhatsApp 等应用，这些应用可以与你的身份挂钩。

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Humans are believed to be tied to nature.

人们认为人类与自然息息相关。

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On monetary policy, Roosevelt and the Congress decided that the dollar should no longer be tied to the price of gold.

VOA: special.2011.03.24

Desires, at the very least, seem to be, at least in typical cases, very closely tied to a series of emotions.

欲望,看上去,起码在常规的例子里,似乎是跟一系列的情绪紧密相连的

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Now, neurons are connected and they talk to one another and it used to be thought they were tied to one another like a computer, like you take wires and you connect wires to each other, you wrap them around and connect them.

神经元之间是相互联系的,它们彼此间存在信息的传递,人们曾经以为它们是被绑在一起的,就像计算机,就像是你要把所有的电线接在一起一样,你把电线缠起来,连在一起

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Then again, some of it should be tied to the NBA season fast approaching as well.

FORBES: Play The NBA Lockout

Those mainly target trade and assets of people thought to be tied to the nuclear program.

NPR: U.N. Report Due on Iran's Nuclear Progress

The guest visa should also not be tied to a particular employer or industry.

WSJ: Review & Outlook: Immigration Reform Roadblock