美 [ˈtaɪtnɪŋ]
v. （使）变紧；绷紧；（使）（身体的某一部位）变得僵硬；加强（规则、法律等）；（比赛）变得激烈（tighten 的现在分词）
n. （身体的）绷紧，僵直；（规则、法律等的）加强
tighten /ˈtaɪtən/ TEM4 [ tightening tightened tightens ]
及物动词/不及物动词 If you tighten your grip on something, or if your grip tightens, you hold the thing more firmly or securely. 抓紧
Luke answered by tightening his grip on her shoulder.
卢克回应了，紧紧抓住她的肩膀。
Her arms tightened about his neck in gratitude.
她的双臂紧紧搂住他的脖子，充满感激。
及物动词/不及物动词 If you tighten a rope or chain, or if it tightens, it is stretched or pulled hard until it is straight. 使 (绳或链) 拉紧; 拉紧
The anchorman flung his whole weight back, tightening the rope.
这位排尾压阵队员用尽全部的力气往后拽，把绳子拉紧。
及物动词/不及物动词 If a government or organization tightens its grip on a group of people or an activity, or if its grip tightens, it begins to have more control over it. 对…加强控制; 加强控制
He knows he has considerable support for his plans to tighten his grip on the machinery of central government.
他知道他那些对中央政府加强控制的计划拥有相当多的支持。
及物动词 When you tighten a screw, nut, or other device, you turn it or move it so that it is more firmly in place or holds something more firmly. 拧紧 (螺丝、螺帽等)
I used my thumbnail to tighten the screw on my lamp.
我用拇指指甲拧紧了灯上的螺丝。
动词词组 Tighten up means the same as . 拧紧 (同 )(tighten)
It's important to tighten up the wheels properly, otherwise they vibrate loose and fall off.
把车轮拧紧很重要，否则它们会振动而松脱。
不及物动词 If a part of your body tightens, the muscles in it become tense and stiff, for example, because you are angry or afraid. (身体部位因生气或害怕) 变得僵硬
Sofia's throat had tightened and she couldn't speak.
索菲娅的喉咙哽住了，说不了话。
及物动词 If someone in authority tightens a rule, a policy, or a system, they make it stricter or more efficient. 使 (规定、政策或制度) 更严格; 使更有效
The United States plans to tighten the economic sanctions currently in place.
美国计划使现行的经济制裁更加严厉。
动词词组 Tighten up means the same as . 使…更严格
Until this week, every attempt to tighten up the law had failed.
到本周为止，一切严格执法的努力都失败了。
to tighten your belt→seebelt
the act of making something tighter
the tightening of economic controls
拧紧-引用次数：24
In order to realize automated assembly of automobile driving taper gear,a model prediction design method is proposed in the research of locking nut tightening machine.
为了实现汽车主动锥齿轮的自动化装配,在锁紧螺母拧紧机的研究中提出了模型预估的设计方法。
紧固-引用次数：5
扣紧
紧固作用
...，就会使皮肤真皮层的厚度和密度增加，填平皱纹，xiao(消)除疤痕，恢复皮肤弹性和光泽，使皮肤看起来白皙嫩滑;在紧致(Tightening)方面济南电波拉皮几次，可达到除皱、改善肤质、缩小毛孔。在雕塑(contouring)方Mian(面)，则可达到小脸及消除双下巴的效果。
当其它主帅都在向东家要钱的时辰，他却频繁缩紧(Tightening)钱袋，假若教学不是从事足球行业(Industry)，时间的巨轮无法抹去我对你的思念纵使海枯石烂,你的身影永存于我心中..
... hike加价，加息 tightening紧缩 sluggish不振的，不活跃的，停滞的 ...
... 螺栓松动Bolt backlash 紧固tightening 轴套或轴磨损过大Excess wear and tear ...
拧紧；使绷紧；扣紧（tighten的ing形式）
The new measures are aimed at tightening existing sanctions.
这些新措施旨在加强现行的制裁。
The anchorman flung his whole weight back, tightening the rope.
这位排尾压阵队员用尽全部的力气往后拽，把绳子拉紧。
The government has in the past given qualified support to the idea of tightening the legislation.
政府过去对加强立法的观点给予了有保留的支持。
For years, researchers blamed muscle tension from tightening in the face, neck and the skin on top of the head.
VOA : special.2010.03.30
It wasn't caused by the Fed's sudden tightening against inflation. It was different it was this recession was not understood not anticipated; the Fed came in late to cut interest rates to try to prevent it from being worse because it just didn't seem to have any reason for happening.
它不是由于美联储对通货膨胀的,突然紧缩政策造成的，它不同之处在于,这个经济衰退没有被理解，没有事先准备好；,美联储试图阻止它恶化而,降低利率为时已晚，因为,它似乎看起来没有任何理由发生。
金融市场课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课
Well after that, the bond price went up because people saw that as a sign that the company was tightening its belt and doing things right to have money to pay off the bondholders; so it was self-interested, I suppose--maybe you can ask him about this.
在这之后,债券的价格升高了,因为人们认为降低红利是一个信号,说明公司开始紧缩开支走向正轨,并且去偿付债券持有人,莱德利夫通过这种做法达到利己的目的,我想你们可以就此事向莱德利夫提问
金融市场课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课
The goal is to stop the cycle of easing rules on banks in good times and tightening them only after a crisis.
VOA : special.2010.09.17
He and his team have identified proteins that control the tightening of a plant's pores.
VOA : special.2010.01.26
Therefore, the Fed s next move is more likely an easing than a tightening of rates.
Sources are also predicting a tightening of the qualifications required to set up as a child minder.
Prime Minister David Cameron said the EU should concentrate on tightening up banks in other ways.