Straiten
['streɪt(ə)n]
解釋/意思:
(verb.) squeeze together.
(verb.) bring into difficulties or distress, especially financial hardship.
以利沙整理--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(v. t.) To make strait; to make narrow; hence, to contract; to confine.
(v. t.) To make tense, or tight; to tighten.
(v. t.) To restrict; to distress or embarrass in respect of means or conditions of life; -- used chiefly in the past participle; -- as, a man straitened in his circumstances.
整理:帕斯夸里
同義詞及近義詞:
v. a. [1]. Confine, limit, constrict, contract.[2]. Stretch, straighten, make tight or tense.[3]. Distress, perplex, pinch, embarrass, oppress.
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例句/造句/用法:
- He could not refuse, when he knew how straitened were the circumstances of his parents. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- My grub-worm is always a straitened, struggling, care-worn tradesman. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- The old maid was too poor to give much, though she straitened herself to privation that she might contribute her mite when needful. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- I think Mr. Murdstone's means were straitened at about this time; but it is little to the purpose. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- You know I cannot do that: straitened on all sides as I am, I have nothing for it but to push on. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- Why, you know, Sir Thomas's means will be rather straitened if the Antigua estate is to make such poor returns. 簡·奧斯丁. 曼斯費爾德莊園.
- Are you aware how small his means are, and of the straitened circumstances of his widow? 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
編輯:梅布尔