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。
使穷困；使困苦；使陷入困境
straitens — third person singular of straiten
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
bring into difficulties or distress, especially financial hardship
使狭窄；限制在较小空间
To make strait; to narrow or confine to a smaller space.
限制或减少,尤其是经济上
To restrict or diminish, especially financially.
一般现在时
The financial crisis straitens many families.
金融危机使许多家庭陷入困境。
High rent can straiten a family's finances.
高昂的房租可以让一个家庭的财务陷入困窘。
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.
去年的经济危机使许多农村家庭陷入贫困。
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.
这个月意外的开支正在使我们的财务状况吃紧。
用法提示：straitening 是现在分词，构成进行时，表示“使…变得困难”。
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。
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.
离婚后他们手头拮据。
表示压缩或限制某事物。
The new policy straitened the flow of information.
新政策限制了信息的流通。
grammar · medium
易错句子His financial situation was straightened after the loss.
正确表达His financial situation was straitened after the loss.
混淆了“straiten”（使穷困）与“straighten”（使变直）。"straighten"是常见词，而“straiten”较少见，但意义不同。应使用“straitened”表示财务困难。
grammar · medium
易错句子They lived in a straiten condition.
正确表达They lived in straitened circumstances.
错误地将动词“straiten”用作形容词。动词的过去分词“straitened”才可作形容词，表示“贫困的、拮据的”。应使用“straitened circumstances”这一固定搭配。
straighten意为使变直，而straiten意为使穷困或限制。注意拼写差异。
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。
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