be bound up in something

to be very involved in something, so that you cannot think about anything else 忙于某事〔而无暇顾及其他〕

He was too bound up in his own problems to listen to mine.

他只顾自己的问题，无心倾听我的烦恼。

Examples from the Corpus

be bound up in something• Jim's too bound up in his own worries to be able to help us.• The history of music is, of course, bound up with the development of musical instruments.• More usually, the body was bound up in a folded position, with the knees under the chin.• The victim of horrendous physical and emotional abuse, she was failed by all those who were bound up in her care.• Although activists take on global economic and political issues, their affiliations, allegiances and loyalties are bound up in local communities.• All our limitations are bound up in our intellectual mind with its boundaries and imperfections and its tendency to emotional distortion.• Extension cords that looked frayed or suspicious were bound up in Scotch cellophane tape.• Moral and economic rights are bound up in the concept of copyright.• These very weak stones are rich in water, which is bound up in both hydrated salts and clay minerals.

→ be bound up in something at bound2(6)

词汇	be bound up in something
释义	be bound up in something be bound up in something to be very involved in something, so that you cannot think about anything else 忙于某事〔而无暇顾及其他〕 He was too bound up in his own problems to listen to mine. 他只顾自己的问题，无心倾听我的烦恼。 Examples from the Corpus be bound up in something• Jim's too bound up in his own worries to be able to help us.• The history of music is, of course, bound up with the development of musical instruments.• More usually, the body was bound up in a folded position, with the knees under the chin.• The victim of horrendous physical and emotional abuse, she was failed by all those who were bound up in her care.• Although activists take on global economic and political issues, their affiliations, allegiances and loyalties are bound up in local communities.• All our limitations are bound up in our intellectual mind with its boundaries and imperfections and its tendency to emotional distortion.• Extension cords that looked frayed or suspicious were bound up in Scotch cellophane tape.• Moral and economic rights are bound up in the concept of copyright.• These very weak stones are rich in water, which is bound up in both hydrated salts and clay minerals. → be bound up in something at bound2(6)
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