tighten
英 ['ta?t(?)n]
美['ta?tn]
- vt. 變緊；使變緊
- vi. 繃緊；變緊
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"
雙語例句
- 1. An attempt by anti-abortionists to tighten the rules was defeated.
- 反墮胎者所作的加強(qiáng)法規(guī)的嘗試失敗了。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. The United States plans to tighten the economic sanctions currently in place.
- 美國(guó)計(jì)劃加大現(xiàn)有經(jīng)濟(jì)制裁的力度。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. I used my thumbnail to tighten the screw on my lamp.
- 我用拇指指甲把臺(tái)燈上的螺釘擰緊了。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. Until this week, every attempt to tighten up the law had failed.
- 到本周為止，一切旨在嚴(yán)格執(zhí)法的努力都失敗了。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. He accused ministers of breaking election pledges to tighten up on immigration.
- 他指責(zé)部長(zhǎng)們沒有兌現(xiàn)在競(jìng)選中許下的加強(qiáng)移民管制的諾言。
來自柯林斯例句