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单词 straiten
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
strait•en /ˈstreɪtən/USA pronunciation   v. [~ + object]
  1. to put into financial difficulties.
    • to make narrow.
    • to confine within narrow limits.
See -strain-.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
strait•en  (strāt′n),USA pronunciation v.t. 
  1. to put into difficulties, esp. financial ones:His obligations had straitened him.
  2. to restrict in range, extent, amount, pecuniary means, etc:Poverty straitens one's way of living.
  3. [Archaic.]
    • to make narrow.
    • to confine within narrow limits.
  • strait + -en1 1515–25

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
straiten /ˈstreɪtən/ vb
  1. (tr; usually passive) to embarrass or distress, esp financially
  2. (transitive) to limit, confine, or restrict
  3. archaic to make or become narrow
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