tighten
英 ['ta?t(?)n]
美['ta?tn]
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詞態(tài)變化
第三人稱(chēng)單數(shù):?tightens;過(guò)去式:?tightened;過(guò)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.
雙語(yǔ)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(lái)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(lái)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(lái)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(lái)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(méi)有兌現(xiàn)在競(jìng)選中許下的加強(qiáng)移民管制的諾言。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句