The rope holding the boat suddenly tightened and broke.
系船的繩子突然繃斷了。
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His mouth tightened into a thin line.
他的嘴抿成了一道細縫。
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to tighten a lid/screw/rope/knot
擰緊蓋子 / 螺釘；繃緊繩子；打緊結(jié)
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The nuts weren't properly tightened and the wheel came off.
螺母沒擰緊，輪子脫落了。
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She tightened her grip on his arm.
她抓他的手臂抓得更緊了。
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to tighten security
加強安全措施
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Laws on gambling have tightened up recently.
有關(guān)賭博的法律最近變得更加嚴厲。
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The police are tightening up on under-age drinking.
警方正在采取更加嚴厲的措施對付未成年人飲酒的問題。
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Luke answered by tightening his grip on her shoulder...
盧克的回應(yīng)就是把她的肩頭抓得更緊了。
Her arms tightened about his neck in gratitude...
她充滿感激，把他的脖子摟得更緊了。
The anchorman flung his whole weight back, tightening the rope...
那個壓陣隊員使盡了全身力氣往后拽，把繩子拉得緊緊的。
The cables tightened and he was lifted gradually from the deck.
纜繩繃緊了，他被慢慢地吊離了甲板。
He knows he has considerable support for his plans to tighten his grip on the machinery of central government...
他清楚有相當(dāng)多的人支持他對中央政府機構(gòu)加強控制的計劃。
As the regime's grip on the mainland tightened over the next few years, hundreds of thousands more people fled south.
隨著后來幾年那個政權(quán)加強對大陸的控制，又有數(shù)十萬人逃往南方。
I used my thumbnail to tighten the screw on my lamp...
我用拇指指甲把臺燈上的螺釘擰緊了。
All the bolts were fully tightened.
所有的螺釘都擰緊了。
Sofia's throat had tightened and she couldn't speak...
索菲婭喉嚨哽住了，說不出話來。
She saw his jaw tighten and his face lose its colour.
她看見他的下巴繃緊，臉色煞白。
The United States plans to tighten the economic sanctions currently in place...
美國計劃加大現(xiàn)有經(jīng)濟制裁的力度。
They have tightened security along the border...
他們加強了邊境的安全工作。
They had to tighten their belts.
出自-2012年12月閱讀原文Health and environmental advocates have long urged U.S.government agencies to tighten the use of some of the 11 chemicals the report cites and called for more studies on their long-term effects.
2015年12月六級真題（第一套）閱讀 Section AYou can expect that noose (束縛) to continue to tighten.
2017年12月六級真題（第三套）閱讀 Section BNations would not need to tighten their emissions targets.
2016年高考英語上海卷 閱讀理解 閱讀B 選項Now, several states are moving to tighten laws by adding new regulations for opting out.
2017年高考英語北京卷 閱讀理解 閱讀C 原文To meet this minimum goal, the agreement requires countries to tighten emissions targets every five years.
2016年高考英語上海卷 閱讀理解 閱讀B 原文"Tighten the wire"
"The rope tightened"
"Tighten the rules"
"stiffen the regulations"
"reduce the influx of foreigners"
