tighten
英 ['ta?t(?)n]
美['ta?tn]
- vt. 變緊；使變緊
- vi. 繃緊；變緊
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詞態變化
第三人稱單數:?tightens;過去式:?tightened;過去分詞:?tightened;現在分詞:?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.
雙語例句
- 1. An attempt by anti-abortionists to tighten the rules was defeated.
- 反墮胎者所作的加強法規的嘗試失敗了。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. The United States plans to tighten the economic sanctions currently in place.
- 美國計劃加大現有經濟制裁的力度。
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，一切旨在嚴格執法的努力都失敗了。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. He accused ministers of breaking election pledges to tighten up on immigration.
- 他指責部長們沒有兌現在競選中許下的加強移民管制的諾言。
來自柯林斯例句