straitening的音标是[ˈstreɪtnɪŋ]。

释义为：使紧缩；使困难；使狭窄；使减少；使缩小。

用法：straitening通常用作名词，表示使困难、使缩小等意思。

双语翻译：当经济状况不佳时，人们的生活会变得紧缩，钱财减少。

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straitening，意思是“（使）窘迫，使困难，（使）狭窄”。

常见用法举例：

The company's finances were straitened by rising costs.

由于成本上升，公司的财务状况变得困难。

The narrow road was so straitened that we could only go slowly.

这条路很狭窄，我们只能慢慢地前行。

双语翻译：

Straitening of the economy means that the economy is experiencing difficulties and is facing challenges. 经济紧缩意味着经济正在经历困难，正面临着挑战。

在中文语境中，常见用法有“经济紧缩”、“财政紧缩”等，指的是经济状况变得困难，财政收入减少等情况。

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straitening，释义为“紧缩；使困难；使狭窄；使紧绷”，属于动词straiten的现在分词形式。

用法举例：

The economic straitening has had a particularly severe impact on the poor. 经济紧缩对穷人产生了特别严重的影响。

常见短语：

1. tighten up 使紧缩

例句：The government tightened up its fiscal policy measures to control inflation. 政府加强了财政政策以控制通货膨胀。

2. narrow down 使变窄

例句：The narrow road led through a dense forest. 这条小路蜿蜒曲折，通向一片茂密的森林。

3. widen the gap 扩大差距

例句：The gap between the rich and the poor is widening. 贫富之间的差距正在扩大。

4. be on the straitened path 过着艰苦的生活

例句：He has been on the straitened path since he lost his job. 他失业后一直过着艰苦的生活。

5. be under severe straits 处于困境

例句：He was under severe straits when he lost his job. 他失业时正处在困境之中。

6. be in straitened circumstances 处于困境

例句：He was in straitened circumstances and had to rely on charity. 他处于困境，不得不依靠慈善事业度日。

7. tighten up one's belt 收紧腰带

例句：We must tighten up our belts and face the difficulties of the future with courage. 我们必须勒紧裤腰带，勇敢地面对未来的困难。

8. narrow escape 死里逃生

例句：He narrowly escaped death in a car accident. 在一次车祸中他死里逃生。

9. tightrope-walking 走钢丝，在矛盾中保持平衡

例句：He is walking a tightrope between two political factions. 他在这两个政治派系之间保持平衡。

10. tightrope-walking diplomacy 外交上的微妙平衡

例句：The US and China are engaged in a delicate tightrope-walking diplomacy over Taiwan. 美国和中国在台湾问题上正在进行微妙的平衡外交。