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与tie有关的口语表达

说到单词tie，大家一定不陌生，世界杯小组赛阶段，好几场比赛都是以tie(平局)结束的。在我们的日常生活中，一般跟tie这个词有关的表达，都跟捆绑或者牵绊之类的意思有关。比如下面这些例