tighten
常考释义
1.[i][t](使)变紧,更加牢固to become or make sth become tight or tighter
The rope holding the boat suddenly tightened and broke.系船的绳子突然绷断了。
His mouth tightened into a thin line.他的嘴抿成了一道细缝。
to tighten a lid/screw/rope/knot拧紧盖子╱螺钉;绷紧绳子;打紧结
The nuts weren't properly tightened and the wheel came off.螺母没拧紧,轮子脱落了。
She tightened her grip on his arm.她抓他的手臂抓得更紧了。
2.[t]~ sth使更加严格;加强to make sth become stricter
to tighten security加强安全措施
Push your weight into the child seat as you tighten the seat belt to make sure the child seat is securely held.
儿童座椅推入你的体重,你收紧安全带,以确保儿童座椅安全地举行。
You may also choose to tighten up your spending habits simply to get out of debt or to save more for retirement.
为了还清债务或为存更多的退休金,你可能要改变自己的消费习惯,缩紧开支过日子了。
It was a few days after the marriage will have to tighten its belt for tough times ahead, some people may even take the risk for the money.
有人婚后不几天便要勒紧裤带过苦日子,有些人甚至会为了钱铤而走险。
They left it open-ended' with an indication of a willingness to loosen policy further rather than tighten, he said.
他们留下了调整的空间,暗示了进一步放松而非紧缩政策的意愿。
I began to tighten up, my legs spasmed and I knew what was happening.
我开始勒紧在,上面我的腿抽筋,而且我了正在发生的东西。
In these days of dieting and weight watching, most people would love to be able to tighten their belt after losing a few kilograms .
从这几天关注节食和体重方面来看,大部分人瘦了几公斤而不得不勒紧他们的腰带。
It is now ready to be driven. Each worker along the "assembly line" has a separate job to do. Some add parts and some tighten parts.
生产线上的每一位工人都单独负责一件工作,比如,有人专门往上加部件,有人专门负责将部件拧紧。
Meanwhile, Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) is trying to use a Democratic budget plan to tighten limits on government payments to farms.
另外,参议员查克•格来斯雷(衣阿华州共和党人)正打算采用民主党的预算方案来加强政府对农场付款的限制。
The crisis, he said, was like a rope with a knot in the middle: the more each side was pulled, the more the knot would tighten.
他说,危机好比一条中间打上结的绳子,两头越拉,绳结越紧。
Without lifting your heel up in the air, tighten your quadriceps muscle as hard as you can for ten seconds.
向上举起你的脚后跟,绷紧你的四头肌肌肉坚持10秒。
After crossing the ditch where the bridge used to be, my chest began to tighten and my heart began to race.
在路过那座桥以前所在的河道时,我的胸膛开始变紧,并且心跳开始加速。
When trying to hit the ball hard, most players tend to tighten up.
在大力击球前,多数球手都会把肌肉绷得很紧。
When operating , skill action should be spreaded out with arc, tighten up the belly, harbour chest and action should be consistent .
操作时,技术动作呈弧形动作展开,要收腹含胸,动作连贯。
But with the year winding down, the central bank also has to decide how much it should tighten lending quotas for next year.
但随着年底的临近,中国央行还得决定明年收紧信贷配额的力度。
But now, to moderate that growth, Beijing is trying to tighten credit by restraining bank lending and by raising interest rates.
然而现在为控制那样的畸形发展,中国政府正试图通过限制银行贷款和提高利率的方式实施紧缩信贷政策。
he Federal Reserve Board would seem to have little reason to tighten the money supply and push interest rates up.
所以联邦储备委员会似乎没有什么理由紧缩货币供给以及调高利率。
And all this while short-term liquidity, in the form of Shibor, the main Shanghai interbank rate, continues to tighten.
而这一切发生的同时,短期流动性——以上海银行间同业拆放利率(Shibor)衡量——继续收紧。
You will be shocked at how much you can tighten your prose without losing anything.
你会惊讶于没有任何损失的情况下文章能瘦身那么多。
In a speech in Berlin, Weber said the ECB should be ready to tighten credit costs again once the financial sector was back on its feet.
韦伯在柏林的演讲中则表示,欧洲央行应好准备,一旦金融业站稳脚步,就当收紧信贷成本。
China has flirted with trying to tighten up its monetary policy to tamp down inflation, but it has not really taken decisive action.
中国一直在试图紧缩货币政策以打压通胀,但没有真正采取决定性措施。
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