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tightening

/tahyt-n/US // ˈtaɪt n //UK // (ˈtaɪtən) //

收紧,紧缩,收缩,紧固

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Definitions

  1. 1
    • : to make or become tight or tighter.

Synonyms & Antonyms

verbconstrict

Examples

  • Accordingly, Stepien has reportedly been working to tighten the campaign’s belt — which has included cutting back on TV ads in several key states.

  • Take its Intelligent Tracking Prevention feature in Safari, which it has continued to tighten.

  • Even as revenue streams tightened, this year’s Resilience Awards finalists refused to panic — or to think selfishly.

  • Health care is also a highly regulated business, and restrictions on the use of telehealth, some of which were relaxed during the pandemic, could be tightened.

  • She thinks having a fingerprint verification might tighten security of the ballots even more.

  • The grasp on the sabre would tighten; the quiet eyes would flash.

  • I tried to relax too, but I felt my stomach tighten and I began to sweat.

  • Some media reports say Turkey has begun recently to tighten some controls in the border region.

  • Democrats want to tighten disclosure laws (as with the proposed DISCLOSE Act) but have blocked raising contribution limits.

  • Congress passed the Helms–Burton Act to tighten the sanctions regime and write it into the law.

  • In that instant I felt fingers tighten on my arm, tighten till they bit into the flesh, and I was pulled back into safety.

  • I felt her grasp tighten about my neck, and her firm body crowd against me as we both sank down for an instant.

  • But the touch only seemed to make the great living knot tighten, and after a try Morgan ceased.

  • The cap should have a square nut for a wrench to tighten or unscrew the cap.

  • The doctor, peering after him with smoldering eyes, felt his finger tighten on the trigger.