It made my heart tighten to look at that figure-the embodiment of poverty and submission . 这个形象，这个贫穷与屈辱的化身，使我的心弦绷得紧紧的。
As he walked into the lobby, his insides tightened again with the thought of gus and blum's . 走进休息室时，一想起格斯和布鲁姆的铺子，他的五脏六腑又揪紧了。
The eagerness in his manner tightened abruptly into formality as several people approached him to say good-bye . 这时有几个人走过来和他告别，他原先热切的态度陡然收敛，变成了拘谨。
The crisis, he said, was like a rope with a knot in the middle: the more each side was pulled, the more the knot would tighten . 他说，危机好比一条中间打上结的绳子，两头越拉，绳结越紧。
During periods when exchange rates stayed fixed for many years, central banks found it hard to tighten (or loosen) credit . 在多年来汇率保持固定的时期中，各国中央银行发现要紧缩（或放宽）信贷很困难。
It only needed a minor adjustment : a turn of a screw here , a little tightening up there , a drop of oil and it would be as good as new . 它只需小小的调整而已：这里拧拧某个螺钉，那里上紧些，滴上一滴润滑油，这样它就和新的一样了。
The new protection has also extended to primary products with the united states raising its sugar tariff and tightening its beef import quotas . 由于美国提高食糖的关税率并缩减牛肉的进口配额，新的贸易保护政策也就扩大到初级产品上来了。
If the banking system were tightened up, or if government would either reduce its spending or raise taxes, or both, the inflation would be brought to a halt . 如果银行系统收缩银根，如果政府减少支出或增加税收，或者两者都采用，通货膨胀就将停止。
As far as i could see , it only needed a minor adjustment : a turn of a screw here , a little tightening up there , a drop of oil and it would be as good as new . 就我所见，它只需小小的调整而已：这里拧拧某个螺钉，那里上紧些，滴上一滴润滑油，这样它就和新的一样了。
