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straiten


vt. 限制;使…穷困;使…为难

vi. 变窄;变紧

英文词源

straiten (v.)
1520s (transitive) "to restrict, make narrow," from strait (adj.) + -en (1). Related: straitened; straitening. Earlier verb was simply strait "to make narrow" (early 15c.).