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

• Or was Hem still hemmed in because he would not change?
  或者，他因为不肯改变，还在那里迟疑不前？
• 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。
• 43The days will come upon you when your enemies will build an embankment against you and encircle you and hem you in on every side.
  因为日子将到，你的仇敌必筑起土垒，周围环绕你，四面困住你。
• I caught the hem of my dress in the brambles.
  在荆棘丛中我突然抓住了衣服的边缘。
• 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。
• 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。
• Turning the horse suddenly he tried to drive back upon her, and so hem her in between the gig and the hedge.
  他忽然掉转马头，想从后面追上苔丝，要把她夹在马车和树篱中问。
• Mikal Hem, a journalist based in Oslo, toldVOA the explosion could be heard from many kilometers away.
  米卡尔·海姆是奥斯陆的一名记者。他告诉美国之音说，爆炸在很多公里之外都可以听到。
• 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。
• 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。