straiten

['streitn]

vt. 使为难, 使穷困, 限制

例句与用法：

Danish navigator and explorer who in1728 sailed through the Bering Strait, proving(though he did not realize it at the time) that Asia and North America are separate continents.

白令，维图斯1681－1741丹麦航海家、探险家，1728年驾船穿越白令海峡，证明(尽管他当时不知道)亚洲和北美洲是两片分开的大陆

A province of southeast China on the East China Sea and the Formosa Strait. Agriculture and fishing are important to its economy. Fuzhou is the capital. Population, 27,130,000.

福建中国东南部的一个省份，濒临东海和台湾海峡。经济以农业和渔业为主，省会为福州。人口27,130, 000

I hear you are in poor financial straits.

我听说你处于经济困难之中。

The door is rather strait.

这门相当窄。

词形变化：

动词过去式: straitened | 动词过去分词: straitened | 动词现在分词: straitening | 动词第三人称单数: straitens |

详细释义：

vt.

1. 使变窄, 使变紧

2. 使窘迫, 使困难

vi.

变窄, 变紧