Chit-chat and gossip , the social glue that binds people together , mean nothing to them .
闲聊和八卦，这些社会黏着剂把他们捆绑在一起，对他们来说毫无意义。
The region has become more politically integrated , and a complex network of trade agreements now binds it together .
该地区在政治上已经变得更加一体化，如今，复杂的贸易协定网又将它们捆绑在了一起。
A rough code binds both parties .
一个粗略的准则约束着双方。
It has hacked back much of the red tape that binds business , and should do the same to immigration rules .
政府应该把与业务捆绑的许多文书工作简化掉，同样的是对移民规章也应该如此。
This metaphysical concern affected all disciplines : physiologists discovered that what binds cells to form an organ performing specific , sophisticated functions is a nucleic acid now called dna .
