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 .

这个形而上学问题影响所有学科：生理学家发现，将细胞捆绑起来、形成器官以执行特定的复杂功能的，是一种如今被称为dna的核酸。