Traditionally, fathers are too bound up in their work to have much time for their children, but this situation is gradually changing.

传统上，父亲都忙于工作而无暇陪伴孩子，但这一情况正在慢慢发生改变。

He's too bound up in his work to have much time for his children.

他工作太忙，没有很多时间陪孩子。

They were bound up in fetters of conventionalism.

他们被因袭主义的枷锁所束缚。

He seems very bound up in his work.

他似乎非常喜欢自己的工作。

She is bound up in her own problems.

她忙于处理自己的问题。