tie someone's hands

短语

发音

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词形变化

tied someone's hands ties someone's hands 三单 ties someone's hands tying someone's hands tying someone's hands 现在分词 tied someone's hands 过去式 tied someone's hands 过去分词

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To render someone powerless to act, to thwart someone.

    习语

    This contract would have tied my hands.

    I'd like to help you, but my hands are tied.