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straitened

/ˈstreɪtənd/

straitenedpast participle

/ˈstreɪtnd/

Past-participle adjective derived from the verb 'straiten'; chiefly used attributively (e.g., "straitened circumstances").

Traductions

стеснённый

They lived in straitened circumstances after the war.

Они жили в стеснённых обстоятельствах после войны.

Traductions supplémentaires

затруднённый

ограниченный

Définitions

Characterized by financial hardship or limited resources.

The family found themselves in straitened circumstances after the economic downturn.

Restricted or limited in extent or scope.

Due to the war, the nation's cultural life was lived within straitened boundaries.

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straitenverb

straitened

Past Simple

straitened

Past Simple

straitened

Past Participle

straitening

Gerund

/ˈstreɪtən/

Traductions

затруднять

The economic crisis began to straiten many families.

Экономический кризис начал затруднять многие семьи.

сужать

The river began to straiten as it approached the mountains.

Река начала сужаться по мере приближения к горам.

Définitions

To make narrow or restrict in space.

The construction work will straiten the road, causing traffic delays.

To bring into difficulties or distress, especially financial hardship.

The unexpected medical bills straitened the family's finances.

To become narrow, tight, or restricted; to contract (intransitive, chiefly archaic).

The passage straitened as we moved deeper into the cave.

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