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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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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We want our value to be tied to something that we own.

我们希望我们的价值与一些我们自身拥有的东西联系起来。

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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.

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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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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

Western aid tends to be tied to such tiresome matters as good government and protecting the environment.

ECONOMIST: The Chinese go a-wooing

His studio numbers were unlisted and he moved around between them, refusing to be tied to one place.

ECONOMIST: Lucian Freud, painter, died on July 20th, aged 88