Traditionally, fathers are too bound up in their work to have much time for their children, but this situation is gradually changing.

传统上，父亲都忙于工作而无暇陪伴孩子，但这一情况正在慢慢发生改变。

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He's too bound up in his work to have much time for his children.

他工作太忙，没有很多时间陪孩子。

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Actors were bound up in seven-year contracts to a single studio, and the studio boss generally held all the options.

演员们与一家电影公司签订了七年的合同，电影公司老板通常拥有所有的选择权。

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And my sense of self-worth is not bound up in how extraordinary our kids are.

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But it would be a mistake to think that the entire nation was bound up in the events surrounding the fall of Silvio Berlusconi.

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The problem is compounded by the fact that one's financial identity is so important these days, it is inevitably bound up in one's personality.

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