Of course, these efforts are difficult to maintain because they tie up capital in uncompleted houses.

当然这些努力也很难维持，因为未完成的工程套牢了他们的资金。

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It's unwise to tie up all your capital in one enterprise.

把你的全部资金都投到一个企业中是不明智的。

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Mr. Robert: But you know, opening an L/C is quite costly and will tie up the capital of our company.

罗伯特先生：但你知道，开立信用证的成本很高，并且会占用公司的资金。

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As a result, the profits needed to justify these acquisitions and the ongoing tie-up of capital needed to support them must come from cost-takeouts, from the squeezing of the Medicaid turnip.

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