be bound up with sth to be very closely connected with a particular problem or situation与某事有密切的关系:•Mark's problems are all bound up with his mother's death when he was ten.马克的问题和他十岁丧母有很大的关系。•The people of Transkei began to realize that their future was inseparably bound up with that of South Africa.特兰斯凯人开始明白，他们的命运和南非休戚相关。 |