hem, circle, encompass, environ, gird, girdle, ring, surround
这组词的共同含义是“围绕”。它们的区别是：
surround指成环状包围,有时也指形成某种环境或边界; environ强调永久或长期地被包围; circle强调合围成一个实在的封圈,也指环绕某物、某处运行; encompass指出于保护、尊敬或敌视等动机把某人或某地包围起来; gird指围成一道牢固或不可突破的屏障; girdle则暗示形成带状围绕; ring指围成一个圈。
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。
——柯林斯例句
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。
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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。
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He is so closely hemmed in on all sides that I doubt whether he could escape even if he grew a pair of wings.
密密层层的天罗地网,我看他插翅难飞.
——《现代汉英综合大词典》
He hemmed and hawed but wouldn't say anything definite.
他总是哼儿哈儿的,就是不说句痛快话.
——《现代汉英综合大词典》
The lake is hemmed in on all sides by weeping willows.
湖四周栽满垂柳.
辞典例句
As a priest, the framework of his order inevitably hemmed him in.
身为牧师, 他的等级观必然也会限制他.
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Tim hemmed and hawed, but finally told his boss the truth.
蒂姆起初支支吾吾，但最终还是把真相告诉了老板。
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The soldiers were hemmed in on all sides.
士兵们被四面包围了.
《简明英汉词典》
I feel hemmed in in such a small space.
在如此狭小的地方我有种被紧闭[束缚]的感觉.
辞典例句
She hemmed her skirt.
她给自己的裙子缝褶边.
《简明英汉词典》
The yard was hemmed around [ about ] by an iron fence.
庭院有铁栅栏围绕着.
辞典例句
He found himself increasingly hemmed in, where he once felt himself free.
他发觉自己在曾经一度感到非常自由自在的地方却越来越受到限制.
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As I took my seat at the table, Henry hemmed and hawed.
我在桌边就坐之后, 亨利结结巴地说起话来.
辞典例句
Each dress is hemmed and scrupulously checked for imperfections.
每条连衣裙都缝上了褶边，并经过严格的检查，不允许有任何瑕疵。
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