tighten的过去式

2022-12-05 来源：独旅网

tighten的过去式是：tightened。tighten的例句是用作及物动词(vt.)He tightened his grip on her arm.他紧抓她的手臂。tighten【近义词】stiffen使 ... 坚硬。

Verb:

make tight or tighter;
"Tighten the wire"
become tight or tighter;
"The rope tightened"
restrict;
"Tighten the rules"
"stiffen the regulations"
narrow or limit;
"reduce the influx of foreigners"

二、词典解释

1.抓紧;攥紧
If youtighten your grip on something, or if your griptightens, you hold the thing more firmly or securely.

e.g. Luke answered by tightening his grip on her shoulder...
卢克的回应就是把她的肩头抓得更紧了。
e.g. Her arms tightened about his neck in gratitude...
她充满感激，把他的脖子搂得更紧了。

2.绷紧，拉紧(绳、链)
If youtighten a rope or chain, or if ittightens, it is stretched or pulled hard until it is straight.

e.g. The anchorman flung his whole weight back, tightening the rope...
那个压阵队员使尽了全身力气往后拽，把绳子拉得紧紧的。
e.g. The cables tightened and he was lifted gradually from the deck.
缆绳绷紧了，他被慢慢地吊离了甲板。

3.(对…)严加控制;(使)加强控制
If a government or organizationtightens its grip on a group of people or an activity, or if its griptightens, it begins to have more control over it.

tighten的反义词

e.g. He knows he has considerable support for his plans totighten his grip on the machinery of central government...
他清楚有相当多的人支持他对中央政府机构加强控制的计划。
e.g. As the regime's grip on the mainland tightened over the next few years, hundreds of thousands more people fled south.
随着后来几年那个政权加强对大陆的控制，又有数十万人逃往南方。

4.拧紧，旋紧(螺钉、螺丝帽等)
When youtighten a screw, nut, or other device, you turn it or move it so that it is more firmly in place or holds something more firmly.

tighten的翻译

e.g. I used my thumbnail totighten the screw on my lamp...
我用拇指指甲把台灯上的螺钉拧紧了。
e.g. All the bolts were fully tightened.
所有的螺钉都拧紧了。

5.(身体局部)变僵硬，产生憋闷感，产生阻塞感
If a part of your bodytightens, the muscles in it become tense and stiff, for example because you are angry or afraid.

e.g. Sofia's throat had tightened and she couldn't speak...
索菲娅喉咙哽住了，说不出话来。
e.g. She saw his jawtighten and his face lose its colour.
她看见他的下巴绷紧，脸色煞白。

tightening
...a headache caused by tension which results in tightening of the muscles in the neck.
由于紧张导致颈部肌肉僵硬而引起的头痛
...a slight tightening of the throat.
喉咙微微发紧

6.使(规定、政策、制度)更加严格；使更加有效
If someone in authoritytightens a rule, a policy, or a system, they make it stricter or more efficient.

e.g. The United States plans totighten the economic sanctions currently in place...
美国计划加大现有经济制裁的力度。
e.g. They have tightened security along the border...
他们加强了边境的安全工作。

tightening
...the tightening of state control over press and broadcasting.
政府加强了对出版和广播的控制

7. totighten your belt -> see belt
totighten the screw -> see screw

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