hem in

英 [hem ɪn]

美 [hem ɪn]

包围; 环绕; 困住; 限制; 约束

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 包围;环绕
  If a placeis hemmed in bymountains orbyother places, it is surrounded by them.
  1. Manchester is hemmed in by greenbelt countryside and by housing and industrial areas...
     曼彻斯特周围环绕着绿色乡村带、住宅区和工业区。
  2. The brick path to the door was hemmed in on either side by tall, unkempt boxwood hedges.
     通往门口的砖路两旁是高大、杂乱的黄杨树篱。
• PHRASAL VERB 困住;限制;约束
  If someoneis hemmed inor if someonehemsthemin, they are prevented from moving or changing, for example because they are surrounded by people or obstacles.
  1. The company's competitors complain that they are hemmed in by rigid legal contracts.
     公司的竞争对手抱怨他们受到严格的法律合同的约束。

英英释义

verb

• surround so as to force to give up
  1. The Turks besieged Vienna
  Synonym:besiegebeleaguersurroundcircumvent
• surround in a restrictive manner
  1. The building was hemmed in by flowers

双语例句

• She exerts control only at points of real divergence but does not hem the child in with restrictions.
  她只在真正的分歧点施加控制，但不会用各种限制来束缚孩子。
• Obama's candid remarks Monday illustrated the political constraints that hem in any president who is running for re-election and dealing with a congressional chamber in this case, the House controlled by the rival party.
  奥巴马在周一直率的言论也表明了每位参加连任竞选的总统受到的政治制约，尤其是在目前美国的国会众议院由敌对党派把持的情况下。
• You hem me in, behind and before, and lay your hand upon me.
  祢的手在前后围绕著我，祢的手按在我身上。
• Last week officials invited hem for talks in berlin.
  上周官员们邀请他参加在柏林举行的会谈。
• Every time she bent over to retrieve them, the hem of the dress fell in the mud.
  每回她弯下腰去用手提鞋时，衣服的前襟便落在泥里。
• The nurse hem the dying child in her arms.
  护士怀抱着那将要死去的孩子。
• The company's competitors complain that they are hemmed in by rigid legal contracts.
  公司的竞争对手抱怨他们受到严格的法律合同的约束。
• Mathematical analysis of the changes in grasshopper and plant community diversities and the relationships between hem in the desertification of steppe
  草原不同沙化地段蝗虫与植物群落多样性的变化及相互关系的数值分析
• Nonetheless, Sniff; Scurry, Hem and Haw all discovered, in their own way, what they were looking for.
  但是不管怎样，这四个家伙&嗅嗅与匆匆，哼哼和唧唧都以他们各自的方式不懈地追寻着他们想要得到的东西。
• And they said no word at all, but only cast themselves down before him, and touched the hem of his garment in token of their healing.
  他们默默不语，只是俯在他的面前，触碰他的衣边，示意他们已经痊愈。