There do not appear to be large numbers of young people who are trying, for example, to have their dear old mother locked up in a mental hospital.

例如，似乎没有很多年轻人试图把他们亲爱的老母亲关进精神病院。

youdao

Their capital is all locked up in property.

他们把所有资金都搁死在地产上了。

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Tenants could not claim the apartments, and those who make a fuss could simply be locked up in their homes.

这样租客们就不会发出反对之声，而那些想要提出不同意见的，把他们锁在自己的屋子里就好了。

youdao

"Either once they have left their country and are on route, or when they have actually arrived in the country of destination, that their passports are taken way, they are locked up and then they are forced into prostitution,"

VOA: standard.2009.08.21

They going to be locked up in the ambassy.

很多人会在使馆工作。

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Too much is locked up in glaciers when we want it in our swimming pools.

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We were selling only the stock we already had locked up in the warehouse anyway.

WSJ: Rei Kawakubo

And even now, hundreds of political prisoners remain locked up in harsh conditions with long sentences.

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