straiten
英 /'streitn/
中文释义
v. 使陷入困难；使变窄
v. to make narrow or tight; to restrict.
常用搭配
- straiten circumstances使境况拮据
- straiten one's options限制选择
- straiten resources紧缩资源
例句
- The new regulations will straiten the company's operations.新规定将限制公司的运作。
- They had to straiten the path to make it accessible.他们不得不把小路弄窄以便通行。