hands-are-tied

hands-are-tied什么意思,hands-are-tied翻译

基本解释

网络: 权力有限；不能随意行动；权利有限

例句

• My hands are tied. I"m trying to make ends meet. I can"t believe my eyes.

  我很忙。我努力使自己收支平衡。真不敢相信自己的眼睛。

• Bob: Beth, I wish I could cut my price, even as a personal favor for you, but my hands are tied.

  贝丝，就算帮你个忙，我也希望能够降价，但我无能为力。

• He cannot let us in. His hands are tied.

  他不能让我们进去，他也缚手缚脚。

• But Mr Tsang admits that because of the peg, his hands are tied when it comes to fighting inflation.

  但曾俊华承认，由于联系汇率制度，在遏制通胀方面，他被束缚住了手脚。

• Beth, I wish I could cut my price, even as a personal favor for you, but my hands are tied. My money people tell me this is our bottom line.

  贝丝，就算帮你个忙，我也希望能够降价，但我无能为力。财务人员告诉我这是底价。

• LIONEL; My hands are tied. Trust me. You"d be happier playing some four and down game, ok?

  我现在很忙。相信我，玩四岁以下的游戏你会更高兴的，好吗？

• Cable companies would like to get low-income customers back with cheaper cable packages, but their hands are tied.

  有线电视用户希望用价格低廉的有线电视套餐来吸引低收入的家庭重新预订。但是消费者已经被绑架了。

• He is angry, but his hands are tied.

  他很生气，但也只有乾瞪眼。

• Tony: The printing shop said they"d be in by noon, but my hands are tied on the second batch until I get the campaign slogan from Tina.

  托尼：印刷店说他们中午前可以印好，但是没有蒂娜给我的竞选口号，这事没法做。

• Their hands are tied in many respects, and their plans for world domination lay in tatters.

  他们的双手在很多方面被束缚，他们改变世界局势被钉在了一个烂摊子上。