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 tighten ['taɪtn.]   添加此单词到默认生词本
vt. 勒紧, 使变紧

vi. 变紧, 绷紧

[化] 使紧密

[经] 紧缩




    tighten


    Tighten \Tight"en\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tightened}; p. pr. &
    vb. n. {Tightening}.]
    To draw tighter; to straiten; to make more close in any
    manner.

    Just where I please, with tightened rein
    I'll urge thee round the dusty plain. --Fawkes.

    {Tightening pulley} (Mach.), a pulley which rests, or is
    forced, against a driving belt to tighten it.

    1. Peretz says Israel should tighten its Law of Return, which affords automatic citizenship to all Jewish immigrants.
    2. The influential Keidanren business lobby singled out the U.S. and European Community, and urged world trade regulators to tighten controls on any anti-competitive abuses.
    3. The Federal Aviation Administration, in another step designed to reduce the chance of air sabotage, soon will propose a computerized security system to tighten control over access to planes, the agency's director said today.
    4. As a result, stocks quickly gave up their early gains and drifted for much of the session before taking their cue from the bond market, which slumped amid concerns that the Federal Reserve may be acting to tighten credit.
    5. Given stable commodity prices, he suggests, it may be a good idea to tighten credit so that "monetary policy grows at the midpoint" of the target ranges.
    6. A new rule to tighten state inspections of bridges was announced Wednesday by the Federal Highway Administration.
    7. Piper's Nicoski said Greenspan left open the possibility that the Fed officials "may not be able to tighten as much as they'd like" because of the financial failures in the savings and loan industry.
    8. The dollar usually firms on news of higher inflation because it indicates a possible rise in interest rates if the Federal Reserve moves to tighten credit.
    9. And signs of weakness in the dollar, budding strength in some commodity prices and rising long-term rates reinforced the recent decision to tighten.
    10. Dukakis is looking for a fourth straight big-state win here over his surviving competitor _ Jesse Jackson _ to tighten his grip on the front-runner's crown and widen his margin in the delegate count.
    11. But analysts said the market's fundamentals remained bullish overall, with the dollar still in a downward trend and the Federal Reserve unlikely to tighten interest rates in the near future.
    12. The standards, proposed by market makers themselves, represent an attempt to discourage inactive dealers and also tighten the "spreads," or differences, between the prices at which dealers offer to buy or sell stocks.
    13. In the meantime, however, he said monetary authorities are likely to tighten credit further in coming months because of domestic reasons.
    14. He said many investors were waiting for Friday's unemployment figures from the Labor Department, which might give some clue as to whether the Federal Reserve Board is likely to tighten or relax credit.
    15. Graphic passwords are another good way to tighten security, says Mr. Parker of SRI International.
    16. Public fear of pesticides is growing and politicians are poised to tighten regulations, but a researcher says incomplete information on the extent of agricultural chemical use could lead to bad law.
    17. They tighten curbs on reporting about opposition activity and require some journalists to register with the government.
    18. Consumers are paying huge overcharges for credit life insurance that most of them don't need, two private groups claimed in a report calling on states to tighten regulation of the industry.
    19. He also rules out the possibility that the Federal Reserve will tighten credit to shore up the dollar.
    20. The GAO recommended that the EPA review air quality programs at more parks and wilderness areas and if similar situations are found, ask Congress to tighten the provisions so smaller and older sources of pollution are covered by the control requirements.
    21. The Senate, in its first major vote on a compromise clean air bill, rejected a proposal to tighten controls on toxic air pollution Thursday night after Senate leaders said it threatened their agreement with the White House.
    22. But some said speculation that the Federal Reserve would move to tighten interest rates may have strengthened the dollar a bit. Higher interest rates make dollar-denominated investments more attractive.
    23. Sweden plans legislation to tighten controls over arms exports, possibly restricting shipments to a few industrialized Western countries where the origin and legitimacy of orders is verifiable.
    24. The Bundesbank left rates unchanged on Thursday, and in the early part of the week investors were fearful that the Fed might tighten US rates.
    25. Foreign Bonds The West German central bank is expected to act today to tighten credit.
    26. But many traders pooh-poohed such worries, saying the German authorities had no room, either within their slowing economy or the rigid structure of the European Monetary System, to tighten policy.
    27. Most observers believe that the Fed's policy-making arm, its Federal Open Market Committee, decided at a meeting last Tuesday not to tighten rates.
    28. The commission voted 4-0 Friday to ask for comment on a proposal that would tighten regulation of how these so-called "12b-1" expenses are assessed against mutual funds.
    29. Inflation figures for March, unlike those for the two previous months, contained no unpleasant surprises that seemed likely to prompt the Federal Reserve to tighten credit further.
    30. Both the House and the Senate have passed banking bills that replenish the shrinking deposit insurance fund and tighten bank regulation to reduce the number and cost of future bank failures.
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    tighten auditing
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    tighten the screws
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    tighten(ing)
    tightened
    tightened inspection
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    tightener sheave
    tightener sprocket
    tightening
    tightening belt
    tightening bolt
    tightening device
    tightening flange
    tightening flap
    tightening idler
    tightening indicator
    tightening key
    tightening nut
    tightening of bearing
    tightening of credit
    tightening pulley
    tightening rails
    tightening ring packing
    tightening scale dial
    tightening screw
    tightening slide
    tightening torque
    tightening wire
    tighter
    tighter than the bark...
    tightest
    tightfisted
    tightfitting
    tightfitting pain
    tightknit
    tightlock coupler
    tightly
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    tightly wound arm
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    tightly-coupled multi...
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