英语释义

1. to make tight or tighter

2. to become tight or tighter

3. to practice strict economy

4. to make (something) tight or tighter or to become tight or tighter

5. to make or become tight
He tightened his grip.

英汉例句

• the government has to tighten its belt due to a large deficit.

  由于庞大的赤字，政府必须缩紧预算。

• this lowered interest rates in portugal, ireland, greece, italy and spain and generated housing bubbles – at the same time as germany had to tighten its belt to cope with the costs of reunification.

  这一点使得葡萄牙，爱尔兰，希腊，意大利和西班牙的利率降低，并滋长了房市的泡沫。 而此这同时，德国不得不紧缩银根以对付东西合并所带来的开销。

• meanwhile, david cameron, the conservative leader, has had little to offer other than to raise the red flag of fiscal panic and demand that the british government tighten its belt immediately.

  与此同时，除了高举金融恐惧的红旗子，要求英国政府立刻勒紧腰带之外，保守党领袖大卫卡迈伦却提不出任何新的东西。

• that would be a bad idea at any time; in a period when the state must tighten its belt it is an extraordinary proposal.

  这种政策任何时候都不是明智之举，对于需要拉紧裤腰带的英国来说这样的提议更是出人意料。

• the country's crisis, he added, was so grave that even the theatre and the ballet company would have to tighten its belt .

  国家处于非常严重的危机，甚至连剧院和芭蕾舞剧团也得节衣缩食。

相似词

strain拉紧；尽力

stretch（四肢或身体的）舒展；（肌肉的）伸张；（材料或服装的）伸展力；困难的任务；（陆地或水域）连绵的一片；（时间）连续的一段；（非正式）服刑期；（赛马跑道的）终点直道；抢风航行的距离；（非正式）加长机动车

tauten拉紧；使绷紧

tense时态

相反词

loosen(Loosen)人名；(德)洛森

slackad 松散地

slacken使缓慢；使松弛