单词 | straiten |
释义 | straiten (once / 4650 pages) v WORD FAMILY straiten: straitened, straitening, straitens USAGE EXAMPLESHe says "any recovery plan will be limited" by Britain's straitened economic circumstances. BBC(Nov 24, 2016) Davis was another chitlin hoofer, originally, and from straitened circumstances. The Guardian(Oct 29, 2016) The privation that contributed to Balan’s death didn’t occur in the straitened circumstance of a refugee camp, or on the borderlands of a war-torn region. The Guardian(Apr 12, 2016) 1v squeeze together Hyper confine, detain deprive of freedom; take into confinement 2v bring into difficulties or distress, especially financial hardship Syn|Hyper distress bother, discommode, disoblige, incommode, inconvenience, put out, trouble to cause inconvenience or discomfort to |
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