| 单词 | straitened |
| 释义 | straitened adjective[before noun] formaluk/ˈstreɪ.tənd/us/ˈstreɪ.tənd/A straitenedsituationisdifficultbecause there is much lessmoneyavailableto you than there was in the past: 拮据的，窘迫的；经济状况恶化的A lot ofpeoplearefindingthemselves in very straitenedcircumstancesbecause of therecession.因为经济萧条，很多人生活拮据。 Examplesofstraitenedstraitened In his view, however,straitenedcircumstances and food shortage, whether actual or feared, could not justify contraceptive use. From theCambridge English Corpus But in these days ofstraitenedlibrary budgets and stratospheric prices, it would be wrong to pull punches. From theCambridge English Corpus This was a consequence ofstraitenedeconomic circumstances rather than fewer applications for assistance. From theCambridge English Corpus At the start of their marriage, however, the couple facedstraitenedcircumstances. From theCambridge English Corpus Some participants accepted poor or insufficient care and restrained their own demands because they felt the government'sstraitenedeconomic circumstances required it. From theCambridge English Corpus In thesestraitenedtimes, courtesy of the left veering right, university libraries have to balk at being bilked. From theCambridge English Corpus Tailleferre died instraitenedcircumstances personally, financially and artistically. From theCambridge English Corpus The ' struggle ' goes on in the frontier nation, in much the same ways as it always has, and even the currentstraitenedeconomic circumstances have been witnessed before. From theCambridge English Corpus Tusker's mismanagement makes their financial circumstances morestraitenedthan these would have been anyway. From theCambridge English Corpus In other words, desire,straitenedwithin the self, focuses on objects that appear to offer an ultimate fulfillment that would put an end to the struggle and thus provide self-completion. From theCambridge English Corpus A parish priest instraitenedfinancial circumstances, preoccupied with how to make both ends meet, cannot exercise his ministry as he should, preparing sermons and administering the sacraments. From theCambridge English Corpus The modernization programme launched in the 1850s was intended to enable the state to adapt to itsstraitenedcircumstances in the wake of the second war. From theCambridge English Corpus Many of these men are now in extremelystraitenedcircumstances. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I was also asked about people instraitenedcircumstances to whom the release of credits would be a substantial relief. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I am also aware of thestraitenedcircumstances in which some of these officers are now living. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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