| 词组 | straitened |
| 释义 | straitened The adjective that means "distressed" or "deprived" ("straitened circumstances") is actually the past participle of the verb straiten and has no relation to either straight or straighten. Despite that fact, the spelling error is still fairly easy to make in a moment of inattention: • ... in the Chinese farmer's straightened circumstances —N. Y. Times Book Rev., 12 Dec. 1948 • ... living perhaps in some straightened home or lonely cottage —Time, 8 Oct. 1951 |
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