- tie-up (with somebody/something) (British English)
an agreement between two companies to join together （两家公司的）联合，合作 - tie-up (between A and B) (British English)
a connection between two or more things 联系；关系；关联 a tie-up between politics and economics 政治和经济之间的关系
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a situation in which something stops working or moving forward 停顿；停滞不前 a traffic tie-up 交通阻塞