straiten
美 ['stre?tn]
英 ['stre?tn] 
英漢解釋
v. | 1. 把...弄窄;〈古〉限制,使收縮,收緊;折磨,使窘迫 |
例句
Therefore, first I asked him if his circumstances admitted him to spare so much money at that time, and if it would not straiten him.
于是我首先問他,以他目前的情況,能不能拿出這么多的錢,拿出來會不會使他手頭拮據。
thirdly , the traditional notions will straiten the operation of government website.
第三,政府網站的運行體制受傳統觀念的制約。