verb🔗Share拮据，窘迫。 To make strait; to narrow or confine to a smaller space."The channel straitened the river through the town, made it flow faster, and caused more flooding upstream."这个河道收窄了穿过城镇的河流，使水流加速，并导致上游发生更多洪水。economyfinancebusinessconditionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share拮据，困窘。 To restrict or diminish, especially financially."Rising costs put those on fixed incomes in straitened circumstances."不断上涨的物价使得那些靠固定收入生活的人们经济更加拮据。economyfinancebusinessconditionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗Share拮据的，窘迫的。 Squeezed or confined"Because of unexpected medical bills, the family found themselves in straitened financial circumstances. "因为突如其来的医疗账单，这家人的经济状况变得非常拮据。conditionsituationeconomyfinanceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
