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hem in

/hɛm ɪn/

翻译: 动词短语,指包围或限制某人或某物,使其行动或自由受到约束。

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词语关系

verb

/hɛm ɪn/C1formal
  • zh动词短语,指包围或限制某人或某物,使其行动或自由受到约束。

A phrasal verb meaning to surround or confine someone or something, restricting movement or freedom.

不可数 · 及物 · 短语动词,可分

  1. Surround closelyformal

    To surround someone or something closely, restricting movement.

    zh围住

    • The protesters were hemmed in by the police on all sides.
    • The tall buildings hem in the small park, blocking the sunlight.
    • The sheep were hemmed in by the fence.

    同义词box inconfineencircleenclosefence inhedge insurroundtrap

    反义词freeliberaterelease

  2. Restrict or limitformal

    To restrict someone's freedom or ability to act.

    zh限制

    • She felt hemmed in by the strict rules of the company.
    • The new regulations hem in the creativity of the artists.
    • He was hemmed in by his responsibilities and couldn't travel.

    同义词circumscribeconfineconstrainlimitrestrainrestrict

    反义词freeliberatereleaseunbind

词形
  • hemmed in past participle
  • hemmed in past simple
  • hemming in present participle
  • hems in third person singular

基本动词hem

Vocab Bloom Hub English dataset · 0.3.1

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Vocabulary data from the Vocab Bloom Hub English dataset (CC BY 4.0), https://huggingface.co/datasets/Fristail27/vocab-bloom-hub-en

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