tie-up

英 [ˈtaɪ ʌp]

美 [ˈtaɪ ʌp]

n.  (两家公司的)联合，合作; 联系; 关系; 关联; 停顿; 停滞不前

复数：tie-ups　

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牛津词典

noun

• （两家公司的）联合，合作
  an agreement between two companies to join together
  1. They're negotiating a tie-up with Ford.
     他们正在与福特公司洽谈合作事宜。
• 联系；关系；关联
  a connection between two or more things
  1. a tie-up between politics and economics
     政治和经济之间的关系
• 停顿；停滞不前
  a situation in which sth stops working or moving forward
  1. a traffic tie-up
     交通阻塞

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT (交通)阻塞
  Atie-upor atraffic tie-upis a long line of vehicles that cannot move forward because there is too much traffic, or because the road is blocked by something.
  1. In some cities this morning, there were traffic tie-ups up to 40 miles long.
     今天早上，在有些城市汽车排起了长达 40 英里的长龙。

in BRIT, use 英国英语用 traffic jam


• N-COUNT 经济关系;贸易往来
  Atie-upbetween two organizations is a business connection that has been arranged between them.
  1. The deal is expected to result in similar tie-ups between big media companies and telecommunications operators.
     这笔交易可能促成大型传媒公司和电信运营商结成类似的联营关系。

英英释义

noun

• an interruption of normal activity
  Synonym:standstandstill
• a social or business relationship
  1. a valuable financial affiliation
  2. he was sorry he had to sever his ties with other members of the team
  3. many close associations with England
  Synonym:affiliationassociationtie

双语例句

• It is also contemplating a tie-up with Renault and Nissan.
  公司还期望与雷诺－日产结为盟友。
• Midwest and Murchison, which have held tie-up talks before, hope to develop a new iron ore hub in Western Australia's midwest region.
  此前，中西部公司和Murchison曾进行合作谈判，希望在西澳的中西部地区开发一个新的铁矿石枢纽。
• The tie-up is driven by Japan's Softbank Corp.
  这次合作的“牵线者”是日本软银集团。
• Yes, but I still don't get the tie-up with the meat.
  是的，可我不明白这跟分肉有什么关系？
• In2001 the EU blocked a proposed tie-up between GE and Honeywell for fear that the merged firm might use bundled discounts to squeeze rival suppliers.
  2001年，欧盟否决了通用电气（GE）和霍尼韦尔（Honeywell）的并购案，就是担心两家企业并购后有可能采取捆绑式折扣排挤竞争厂商。
• Rio/ BHP Billiton was the tie-up most shareholders always wanted.
  与必和必拓（bhpbilliton）结盟，向来是多数力拓股东最希望看到的。
• Our Hub and Spoke IT distribution model offers prompt deliveries thus minimizing capital tie-up by way of inventories.
  我们的网络中心和语音IT分配模式提供迅速地运输，从而使存货量达到捆绑资金最小化。
• IIHT, which also launched a one-of-its-kind certification programme, IIHT Certified Cloud Expert, and Microsoft Corporation have also announced a strategic tie-up.
  IIHT也推出了一个独一无二的验证项目“IIHT云认证专家”，微软公司也推出了一个捆绑战略。
• Admittedly, there could be extra synergies from a tighter tie-up with the Italian airline medium-term.
  不可否认，从中期来看，与意大利航空形成更紧密的联合会有额外的协同效益。
• So how worried should Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton be by comments from a presumably well-connected official that their proposed tie-up has strong monopolistic flavours?
  那么，对于一名想必人脉颇广的中国官员有关两拓拟议中的结盟带有明显的垄断色彩的评论，力拓（RioTinto）和必和必拓（BHPBilliton）应该担心到何种程度呢？