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　

TEM8经济

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

• But the tie-up with the retailers marks a strategic shift.
  但是，与其它零售商联合标志着一个战略转变。
• The latest setback for the two companies 'proposed Australian iron ore joint venture came yesterday when the Australian competition authority extended its probe into the tie-up for the second time after flagging further concerns last week.
  这两家公司拟议中的澳大利亚铁矿石合资企业，昨日遇到了最新阻碍：在市场担忧于上周进一步加重之后，澳大利亚反垄断机构第二次延长了对该合资计划的调查。
• 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。
• 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。
• However, for now it is still flying three cargo planes in a tie-up with us logistics company FedEx.
  不过，目前该公司与美国物流公司联邦快递（fedex）开展业务的3架货机仍在飞行。
• The tie-up will direct English searches from Baidu to Microsoft's Bing, which will deliver the results back to Baidu's Web pages.
  它们的连结会将英文搜索从百度发送到微软的“必应”，“必应”再将搜索结果发送回百度的网页。
• Neither company would confirm a tie-up, but rumors to that effect have been gathering steam online all week.
  两家公司都没有确认这笔交易，但过去整整一周，网上有关这一消息的传闻却甚嚣尘上。
• The heavy snowstorm caused a tie-up of traffic.
  大风雪造成了交通的暂时停顿。
• My friends boss made a huge mistake by tying up with an event management company. The whole purpose of the tie-up was to promote his company but it failed miserably.
  我朋友的老板犯了个大错，他把公司和一个活动管理公司合并了，本来合并是为了提升他的公司，谁知道最后竟是悲惨的结局。
• 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。