bound up

密接に結びついた、関連した

互いに影響し合ったり、一方が他方に依存したりするほど強く結びついた状態。

やさしい英語で： Closely connected with something, so that one affects or depends on the other.

• Our futures are bound up together.
• Her identity is closely bound up with her work.
• Children's health is bound up with their living conditions.

使い方： bound up with something (The town's future is bound up with tourism.)

類義語： connected, linked, intertwined

反対語： unrelated

よく使う表現： closely bound up, bound up with something

夢中になった、没頭した

ほかのことを忘れたり気にしなくなったりするほど、一つのことに夢中な状態。

やさしい英語で： Giving so much attention to something that you forget or ignore other things.

• She is bound up in her work.
• He was so bound up in the book that he missed dinner.
• Don't get too bound up in your own problems.

使い方： bound up in something (He was bound up in his research and forgot to eat.)

類義語： absorbed, engrossed, preoccupied

よく使う表現： bound up in something, completely bound up