The financial crisis that began with the collapse of Lehman straitened American resources even further.

At Ogilvy, the advertising agency , they are adapting their cards to reflect our straitened times.

广告公司奥美(Ogilvy)正在修改自己的名片,以反映目前所处的困难环境.

His father died when he was ten, leaving the family in straitened circumstances.

他10岁时父亲去世了，家里生活变得很拮据。

I'm straitened for money.

我现在经济有点拮据.

Ye are not straitened in us, but ye are straitened in your own bowels.

你们狭窄,原不在乎我们, 是在乎自己的心肠狭窄.

He found himself in straitened circumstances.

他发现自己处于经济拮据状态下.

Still, on balance, the benefits probably outweigh the costs, particularly in straitened times.

然而, 公平的说, 收益还是可以抵消成本的, 尤其是在困难时期.

The steps of his strength shall be straitened , and his own counsel shall cast him down.

他坚强的脚步必见狭窄.自己的计谋必将他绊倒.

In this confinement I began to be straitened for food.

在这种被困的情况下,我的粮食渐渐缺乏起来.

At present , he was a person straitened in his circumstances.

他现在处境困窘.

The family of eight was living in straitened circumstances .

八口之家日子过得很拮据。

The disabled form a special social group in straitened circumstances.

残疾人是一个特殊而困难的社会群体。

Or is he trussing her up in a golden straitjacket?

抑或是想给其套上“紧身衣”?

the straitjacket of censorship

审查制度的桎梏

The government is operating in an economic straitjacket.

政府在财政紧缩的状态下运作.

Beijing may have been put a straitjacket for the Games.

北京就像是为了奥运会穿上了紧身衣.

...the ideological straitjacket of religious fundamentalism.

原教旨主义对意识形态的束缚

the straitjacket of taxation

纳税的束缚

The Don was straitlaced about sex.

老头子对男女关系是极端严谨的.

And he straitly charged them that they should not make him known.

耶稣再三的嘱咐他们、不要把他显露出来.

Saying , Did not we straitly command you that ye should not teach in this name?

28我们不是严严的禁止你们,不可奉这名教训人 吗 .