hemmed
美 [hem] 
英 [hem]
词形变化
过去式：hemmed 反义词
同义词
英汉双解
1. | （衣服等的）褶边，卷边the edge of a piece of cloth that has been folded over and sewn, especially on a piece of clothing |
| to take up the hem of a dress(= to make the dress shorter) 把连衣裙改短 |
1. | ~ sth （给某物）缝边，镶边to make a hem on sth |
习惯用语
hem and haw
犹豫不决；支支吾吾；嗯嗯呃呃to take a long time to make a decision or before you say sth
英汉解释
英英解释
例句
We seem to have arrived at a moment when further economic expansion is hemmed in by financial as well as natural limits.
目前，国家财政和自然环境似乎都已达到承受极限，进一步的经济扩张受到制约。
When asked about how much they will donate to charity, they just hemmed and hawed.
当问到将会捐多少钱作慈善用途时，他们即显得吞吞吐吐。
She had spent so much of her life feeling secondary (though to a man she adored) that she burned to undo the laws that hemmed women in.
在她一生的大部分时间中，她总感觉自己作为女性得不到重视（虽然她受到一个男人的宠爱），于是尽自己所能解除那些禁锢女性的法律。
I asked the price of what he had (before he was ready to give it). He hemmed and hawed, then said, "Well, it's normally . . . "
我问他他产品的价格（在他给我价格之前）他支支吾吾，然后说，“恩，那一般是…”
The flag itself was standard issue, although the top was hemmed so that the astronauts would be able to slide it over the crossbar.
国旗也是关键，国旗的顶端镶边了，以便宇航员将国旗滑动至横杆。
If it fails to strengthen regional ties, it is destined to see its economic expansion hemmed in by unsympathetic and threatening neighbours.
如果印度不能加强区域联系，它就注定会看到，自己的经济扩张被冷漠而充满敌意的邻国所遏制。
But the Russian supply lines were intact and they were able to enjoy quarters which, though spartan, were not hemmed in by the enemy.
但是俄国人的补给线是完整的，尽管艰苦，但他们仍然可以在没有敌人包围的情况下，安心的呆在营房里。
Frozen and hemmed in by a cold, callous greed, the warming influence of Socialism is beginning to liberate them.
为冷酷无情的贪婪所冻结和牵制的人性已开始被社会主义的温暖所释放。
Mr. Yang and his partners do not plan to be hemmed in by the online digital format.
杨先生和他的同伴们的计划并不仅局限于网上在线新闻。
Pharaoh will think, 'The Israelites are wandering around the land in confusion, hemmed in by the desert. '
‘以色列人在地中绕迷了，旷野把他们困住了。’
The Arctic is an ocean, covered with drifting packed ice and hemmed in by the land masses of Europe, Asia, and North America.
北极是一个海洋，覆盖着冰漂流便携和裹足不前的土地群众的欧洲，亚洲和北美洲。
Hemmed in between family-size cartons of cornflakes and giant packets of washing powder, her individual yoghurt seemed to say it all.
挤在的家庭装的麦片和大包洗衣粉中，她的一个酸奶仿佛在说明这一切。
These definitions seem designed to promote an image of Canada sort of still in our buckskins, hemmed in by dark forests.
这些定义似乎要替加拿大推广这样一种形象：人们身着鹿皮衣装，隐居在阴暗的森林中。
During the last 20 years elephants have been hemmed in by the increasing number of people moving into the area in search of arable land.
在过去的20年中，由于越来越多的移民为找寻耕地而迁入该地区，大象被层层包围。
Just to be safe though, take off a little less than necessary when having them hemmed.
为了保险起见，在必要的基础上再少卷一点边。
Had he ever entered the Maze and discovered what could make his life better? Or was Hem still hemmed in because he would not change?
他是否已经重新回到迷宫中，并且发现了能使他的生活变得更好的东西？或者，他因为不肯改变，还在那里迟疑不前？
For a moment I am hemmed in by the loss and I feel helpless. I suffer it silently.
一时间被失落包围，那么无助。只有独自一人默默承受。
This is an amusement park on the edge of the city, hemmed in between an odoriferous river and a clamorous overhead expressway.
这是一个位在城市边缘，被发臭的河道与紊乱的高架桥包围的儿童乐园。
She is a sprightly married woman, hemmed in by an overwhelming sense of duty.
她是个活泼的已婚妇女，但却为一种强烈的责任感所约束。
If it gets hemmed up and has to pick out somebody to run over, it will pick out you.
如果它被包围，想从谁身上冲过去，它一定会选中你。
There was a village hemmed about by the mountains.
有一个四面环山的小村庄。
He hemmed and hawed around and didn't tell me what I wanted to know.
他支支吾吾地兜圈子，就是不肯说出我要知道的问题。
He felt he was hemmed in the marriage.
他感到他被婚姻束缚住了手脚。
The skirt has hemmed.
裙子的褶边已缝好了。
While it was hemmed in on land, it traveled to the Swahili in Africa, the Persian Gulf, the Red Sea, Madagascar, Indonesia, China.
美中不足的是仅限于陆地，它们被传到了非洲的斯瓦希里、波斯湾、红海、马达加斯加、印尼、中国。
The army was hemmed in by the enemy.
军队被敌人紧紧包围住了。
"We were hemmed into a radius of 15 kilometers, " he recalls.
他回忆道：“我们的活动范围半径是15公里。”
The enemy were hemmed in by our troops.
敌人被我们的部队包围住了。
There was a village hemmed about by the mountains.
有一个四面环山的小村庄。
i hemmed once more , and drew closer to the hearth , repeating my comment on the wildness of the evening.
我又轻咳一声，向火炉凑近些，又把今晚天气不好的话评论一通。
The rebels now control large parts of the capital. The colonel is hemmed in.
反对派现在控制了首都的大部分地区，卡扎菲上校已经被重重包围，无疑，他的统治已经结束。
They wanted to sniff out the changes ahead of time and scurry into action, rather than get hemmed in and be left behind.
他们都想提前嗅出变化的味道，并且赶快投入行动，而不再是落在后头哼哼不停。
Hemmed by the Qilian mountains in the south and the Yellow river in the east, the desert forms the southern border of Inner Mongolia.
被南部的祁连山、东部的黄河所束缚，腾格里沙漠形成了内蒙古的南部边界。
Yet as Beijing tries to come off its stimulus high, its leaders are in danger of getting hemmed in by domestic politics.
但在北京试图退出刺激政策时，其领导人有可能会被国内政治束缚住手脚。
and hemmed in by the land masses of Europe, Asia, and North America.
四周被欧洲，亚洲和北美洲所包围。
Today, the hemmed-in Japanese seem satisfied with the knowledge that everyone around them is equally unhappy.
今天，知道世界上其他国家的人们都心情抑郁之时，裹足不前的日本似乎很满足。
The yard was hemmed around by an iron fence.
庭院有铁栅栏围绕着。
Downey, hemmed in by the disclosures of the team he had trained, confessed his CIA affiliation on the 16th day.
唐尼面对经他所训练的小分队的证词，到第16天不得不承认了自己属于中央情报局人员。
The West Bank's last surviving herders are hemmed in by Israeli military bases, by-pass roads and Jewish settlements.
西岸最后存在的族民被以色列军事基地，经通公路和犹太人定居点包围。
Natural selection can achieve many things, but it is hemmed in. Even harmless, random mutations can block its path.
自然选择可以实现很多东西，它还是会受到一定的束缚，即使是无害的，随机的突变都会阻碍进化的途径。
into the mystery of the primeval forest . this hemmed it in so.
这条小路婉蜒伸入神秘的原始森林之中。
In the deeply conservative south, most women spend their lives hemmed in by high walls and overprotective men.
在阿富汗极度保守的南方地区，多数妇女终其一生都被高墙或过度保护的男性给限制管束；
Hellcats hemmed them in at every turn, forcing them back into the inferno.
地狱猫一点一点地包围他们，逼他们退入烈焰当中。
Rooted to the spot, she stood alone in the night, the merciless night that hemmed her in from all sides.
她拔不动脚，孤零零地立在黑暗里。无情的黑暗从四面八方包围过来。
