tighten
英 ['ta?t(?)n]
美['ta?tn]
- vt. 變緊；使變緊
- vi. 繃緊；變緊
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詞態(tài)變化
第三人稱單數(shù):?tightens;過去式:?tightened;過去分詞:?tightened;現(xiàn)在分詞:?tightening;
中文詞源
tighten 拉緊，繃緊
tight,拉緊的，-en,使。
英英釋意
- 1. make tight or tighter;
- "Tighten the wire"
- 2. become tight or tighter;
- "The rope tightened"
- 3. restrict;
- "Tighten the rules"
- "stiffen the regulations"
- 4. narrow or limit;
- "reduce the influx of foreigners"
英文詞源
- tighten (v.)
- "to make tight," 1727; the earlier verb was simply tight, from Old English tyhtan, from the root of tight. Related: Tightened; tightening.
考試真題
- They had to tighten their belts.
出自-2012年12月閱讀原文
- Health and environmental advocates have long urged U.S.government agencies to tighten the use of some of the 11 chemicals the report cites and called for more studies on their long-term effects.
2015年12月六級真題（第一套）閱讀 Section A
- You can expect that noose (束縛) to continue to tighten.
2017年12月六級真題（第三套）閱讀 Section B
- Nations would not need to tighten their emissions targets.
2016年高考英語上海卷 閱讀理解 閱讀B 選項(xiàng)
- Now, several states are moving to tighten laws by adding new regulations for opting out.
2017年高考英語北京卷 閱讀理解 閱讀C 原文
- To meet this minimum goal, the agreement requires countries to tighten emissions targets every five years.
2016年高考英語上海卷 閱讀理解 閱讀B 原文
詞組搭配
tighten one's belt
見 belt
tighten the screw
實(shí)用場景例句
- The rope holding the boat suddenly tightened and broke.
- 系船的繩子突然繃斷了。
牛津詞典
- His mouth tightened into a thin line.
- 他的嘴抿成了一道細(xì)縫。
牛津詞典
- to tighten a lid/screw/rope/knot
- 擰緊蓋子 / 螺釘；繃緊繩子；打緊結(jié)
牛津詞典
- The nuts weren't properly tightened and the wheel came off.
- 螺母沒擰緊，輪子脫落了。
牛津詞典
- She tightened her grip on his arm.
- 她抓他的手臂抓得更緊了。
牛津詞典
- to tighten security
- 加強(qiáng)安全措施
牛津詞典
- Laws on gambling have tightened up recently.
- 有關(guān)賭博的法律最近變得更加嚴(yán)厲。
牛津詞典
- The police are tightening up on under-age drinking.
- 警方正在采取更加嚴(yán)厲的措施對付未成年人飲酒的問題。
牛津詞典
- Luke answered by tightening his grip on her shoulder...
- 盧克的回應(yīng)就是把她的肩頭抓得更緊了。
柯林斯高階英語詞典
- Her arms tightened about his neck in gratitude...
- 她充滿感激，把他的脖子摟得更緊了。
柯林斯高階英語詞典
- The anchorman flung his whole weight back, tightening the rope...
- 那個壓陣隊(duì)員使盡了全身力氣往后拽，把繩子拉得緊緊的。
柯林斯高階英語詞典
- The cables tightened and he was lifted gradually from the deck.
- 纜繩繃緊了，他被慢慢地吊離了甲板。
柯林斯高階英語詞典
- He knows he has considerable support for his plans to tighten his grip on the machinery of central government...
- 他清楚有相當(dāng)多的人支持他對中央政府機(jī)構(gòu)加強(qiáng)控制的計(jì)劃。
柯林斯高階英語詞典
- As the regime's grip on the mainland tightened over the next few years, hundreds of thousands more people fled south.
- 隨著后來幾年那個政權(quán)加強(qiáng)對大陸的控制，又有數(shù)十萬人逃往南方。
柯林斯高階英語詞典
- I used my thumbnail to tighten the screw on my lamp...
- 我用拇指指甲把臺燈上的螺釘擰緊了。
柯林斯高階英語詞典
- All the bolts were fully tightened.
- 所有的螺釘都擰緊了。
柯林斯高階英語詞典
- Sofia's throat had tightened and she couldn't speak...
- 索菲婭喉嚨哽住了，說不出話來。
柯林斯高階英語詞典
- She saw his jaw tighten and his face lose its colour.
- 她看見他的下巴繃緊，臉色煞白。
柯林斯高階英語詞典
- The United States plans to tighten the economic sanctions currently in place...
- 美國計(jì)劃加大現(xiàn)有經(jīng)濟(jì)制裁的力度。
柯林斯高階英語詞典
- They have tightened security along the border...
- 他們加強(qiáng)了邊境的安全工作。
柯林斯高階英語詞典