单词	straitened
释义	straitenedstrait‧ened /ˈstreɪtnd/ adjective formal Word Origin WORD ORIGINstraitened Origin: 1500-1600 strait ‘narrow’; ➔ STRAIT Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS And are there those, as Rose suggests, who live even more straitened lives? But it proved an expensive success, and in these straitened times, everybody is playing safe. But the neighborhood had now fallen into straitened circumstances. Davison's investments failed, leaving the family in straitened circumstances when he died in 1893. His father died in 1886, leaving the young family in straitened circumstances. In straitened times, group directors will face tough decisions about allocating resources between divisions. There is evidence that sons make considerable efforts to provide support for their parents even when they are in straitened circumstances themselves. Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY► straitened circumstances  the straitened circumstances of post-war Japan COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN► circumstances · Davison's investments failed, leaving the family in straitened circumstances when he died in 1893.· But the neighborhood had now fallen into straitened circumstances.· His father died in 1886, leaving the young family in straitened circumstances.· There is evidence that sons make considerable efforts to provide support for their parents even when they are in straitened circumstances themselves.· I should have sent the drinks back, but instead looked upon them as a windfall in our rather straitened circumstances. if you are living in straitened circumstances, you do not have enough money, especially not as much as you had before:  the straitened circumstances of post-war Japan
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