1. We had formed close ties with the villagers.
    我们和村子里的人建立了亲密的感情。

2. They spiked the rails to the ties.
    他们把铁轨钉到枕木上。

3. There is a natural tendency for any relationship based on voluntary affection to come apart, but marriage provides the glue needed to keep a couple together by providing ties of family, in conjunction with the obligations of parents to children.
    任何建立在自发爱恋基础上的关系都会趋于自然终止，但婚姻建立起家庭纽带，以及父母与子女间的责任义务，这就提供了将夫妇联结在一起的粘合剂。

4. ´I find it beautiful,´ I said. ´A man can never have too many ties.´
    "我觉得它好看，"我说，"男人有多少领带也不会嫌多。"她回答。

5. Children, relatives, and the ties of mutual obligation and care are left behind, with no place to go.
    而将孩子、亲属、相互间的责任和关爱统统置于脑后，全然不顾。