1 V-ERG (使)(身体部位,尤指喉咙)收紧,收缩 If a part of your body, especially your throat, is constricted or if it constricts, something causes it to become narrower. (使)(身体部位,尤指喉咙)收紧,收缩
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Severe migraine can be treated with a drug which constricts the blood vessels. [VERB noun]
严重的偏头疼可以用一种收缩血管的药物进行治疗。
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My throat constricted, so that I had to concentrate on breathing. [VERB]
我的嗓子发紧,所以我不得不把注意力集中在呼吸上。
SYN squeeze, contract, narrow, restrict
2 VERB 限制;束缚;约束 If something constricts you, it limits your actions so that you cannot do what you want to do. 限制;束缚;约束
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She objects to the tests the Government's advisers have devised because they constrict her teaching style. [VERB noun]
她反对政府顾问设计的考试,因为这些考试限制了她的教学风格。
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Men and women alike have been constricted by traditional sexual roles. [VERB noun]
男性和女性同样受到传统性别角色的束缚。
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A general anxiousness developed and increased, leading to a constriction of her normal activities.
一种普遍的焦虑情绪滋生出来并且不断加剧,导致她正常的活动都束手束脚。
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