Word
straitens
/ˈstreitn/
verb
使穷困；使困苦；使陷入困境
straitens is the third person singular of straiten.
核心释义
bring into difficulties or distress, especially financial hardship
- 1.
使狭窄；限制在较小空间
To make strait; to narrow or confine to a smaller space.
- 2.
限制或减少,尤其是经济上
To restrict or diminish, especially financially.
使变窄；压缩；限制；使狭窄；限制在较小空间；限制或减少,尤其是经济上；使为难；使穷困
用法In use
High rent can straiten a family's finances.
用法提示：straiten 作动词原形，表示“使陷入困境/使穷困”。
The economic crisis straitened many rural households last year.
用法提示：straitened 是 straiten 的过去式，作动词表示“使穷困”。
Unexpected expenses are straitening our finances this month.
用法提示：straitening 是现在分词，构成进行时，表示“使…变得困难”。
straiten sb
通常指造成经济困难或限制。
The economic crisis straitened many families.
经济危机使许多家庭陷入困窘。
be straitened for sth
固定搭配，表示缺少某物，通常指金钱或资源。
They were straitened for money after the divorce.
相关词与表达Connections
易混词Confusing words
- straighten
- 使变直 · straighten意为使变直，而straiten意为使穷困或限制。注意拼写差异。
- constrain
- 强制，限制 · constrain强调通过外力强制或限制，而straiten特指财务困境或物理压缩。
词族Word family
- straitens
- third person singular
- straitened
- past, past participle
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