緊縮
ㄐㄧㄣˇ ㄙㄨㄛ
“to tighten; to reduce; to cut back; (economics) austerity; a policy of spending less; a period of reduced economic activity”
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- 緊張ㄐㄧㄣˇ ㄓㄤnervous; anxious; tense; strained; in short supply; scarce
- 緊急ㄐㄧㄣˇ ㄐㄧˊurgent; pressing; requiring immediate action; emergency; critical situation demanding quick response.
- 趕緊ㄍㄢˇ ㄐㄧㄣˇhurriedly; without delay; quickly; at once
- 緊緊ㄐㄧㄣˇ ㄐㄧㄣˇclosely; tightly; in a tight or secure manner; firmly held together; intimately connected without separation.
- 緊密ㄐㄧㄣˇ ㄇㄧˋclosely connected; tightly linked; inseparable; intimate; compact; dense.
- 縮短ㄙㄨㄛ ㄉㄨㄢˇto shorten; to reduce; to curtail; to make shorter in length, duration, or extent
- 縮小ㄙㄨㄛ ㄒㄧㄠˇto reduce; to decrease; to shrink; to make smaller; to scale down
- 萎縮ㄨㄟ ㄙㄨㄛto wither; to dry up (of a plant); to shrink or atrophy (of muscle, organ, etc); to decline or diminish (of a custom, economy, etc).
- 要緊ㄧㄠˋ ㄐㄧㄣˇimportant; urgent; of great consequence; pressing
- 收縮ㄕㄡ ㄙㄨㄛto shrink; to contract; to pull back; (physiology) systole.
- 壓縮ㄧㄚ ㄙㄨㄛto compress; to reduce volume or size by applying pressure; to condense or shrink.
- 加緊ㄐㄧㄚ ㄐㄧㄣˇto intensify; to speed up; to step up; increase pace or degree of effort