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straiten

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ˈstreɪtn
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释义

vt. 限制;使…穷困;使…为难 vi. 变窄;变紧

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He told me, he could not say but it might straiten him a little; but however it was my Money, and I might want it more than he.
拿出来后会不会使他手头拮据?他告诉我说,拮据当然会拮据一些,但那是我的钱,而且,目前我比他更需要这笔钱。
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.
于是我首先问他,以他目前的情况,能不能拿出这么多的钱,拿出来会不会使他手头拮据。
When I'm lonely be my friend, when I'm sad be my joy, when I'm hurt be my mender and my fixer, when I'm wrong straiten me out and be my righteousness.
主啊! 请做我孤独时的朋友,悲伤时的喜乐; 受伤害时的修复者,将我从错误中拯救出来,成为我的公义。

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