straitened

音标发音

• 英式音标 [ˈstreɪ.tənd]
• 美式音标 [ˈstreɪ.tənd]
• 国际音标 ['streitnd]
• 英式发音
• 美式发音

基本解释

• adj. 經濟上拮據的，貧睏的
• v. 使窘迫；限制…的範圍（straiten的過去分詞）

同根派生

英汉例句

• The family of eight was living in straitened circumstances .
  八口之家日子過得很拮據。
• He is straitened for want of money.
  他因缺錢而受窘.
• In this confinement I began to be straitened for food.
  在這種被睏的情況下,我的糧食漸漸缺乏起來.
• The family of eight was living in straitened circumstances .
  八口之家日子過得很拮據。
• There is much talk of cuts in the diplomatic service in these straitened times.
  在如今經濟不景氣的情況下，有很多傳言說要削減外交支出。

词组短语

短語

• straitened means 有限的財産
• straitened students 睏難學生
• Layla Straitened 蕾拉艱難
• straitened d 貧睏的
• straitened spleen 脾約

英英字典

劍橋英英字典

• A straitened situation is difficult because there is much less money available to you than there was in the past.

柯林斯英英字典

• If someone is living in straitened circumstances, they do not have as much money as they used to, and are finding it very hard to buy or pay for everything that they need.