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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Unless you plan to have a party centered around the kitchen (or BBQ), you don't want to be tied to last minute preparations.

如果你组织的不是那种围着厨房开展的聚会(或者烧烤)，你应该不希望自己到最后时刻还在忙手忙脚地做准备吧。

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Maybe spring fever makes people restless, or maybe college students just don't want to be tied down when they're partying in Cancun.

这可能是因为春季人们容易出现焦躁不安，或是大学生想一个人悠闲地去墨西哥坎昆跟同学聚会。

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That's a tough sell to customers who, by definition, don't want to be tied to anything -- which is why the company just launched prepaid satellite internet access for the continent.

ENGADGET: Avanti launches prepaid, Ka-band satellite internet access, wants us Yelping from the Alps