• vt. 變緊；使變緊
• vi. 繃緊；變緊

tight,拉緊的，-en,使。

tighten (v.)

"to make tight," 1727; the earlier verb was simply tight, from Old English tyhtan, from the root of tight. Related: Tightened; tightening.

1. An attempt by anti-abortionists to tighten the rules was defeated.

反墮胎者所作的加強法規(guī)的嘗試失敗了。

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2. The United States plans to tighten the economic sanctions currently in place.

美國計劃加大現有經濟制裁的力度。

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3. I used my thumbnail to tighten the screw on my lamp.

我用拇指指甲把臺燈上的螺釘擰緊了。

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4. Until this week, every attempt to tighten up the law had failed.

到本周為止，一切旨在嚴格執(zhí)法的努力都失敗了。

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5. He accused ministers of breaking election pledges to tighten up on immigration.

他指責部長們沒有兌現在競選中許下的加強移民管制的諾言。

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