一个民族的身份认同与其传统和价值观紧密相连。

The nation's identity is ___bound ___up ___with its traditions and values.

我的自我认知与那个项目深深绑定，因此它的失败让我难以接受。

My sense of self was deeply ___bound ___up ___with that project, so its failure was hard to accept.

经济繁荣常常与政治稳定密切相关。

Economic prosperity is often ___bound ___up ___with political stability.