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我们得省吃俭用勒紧裤腰带。 We've got to tighten our belt. | ||
由于物价上涨，我们都只好勒紧裤腰带了。 With the price increases, we are all having to tighten our belts. | ||
很显然，如果你现在花钱就入不敷出，以后就不得不勒紧腰带了。 Clearly, if you are spending more than your income, you'll need to tighten your belt. | ||
我的肚子还是空的，如果我不想饿死，我就得把裤带勒紧。 My stomach remains empty, and I must tie myself up if I am not to die of hunger. | ||
在其他人都得勒紧裤腰带过活的时候给法官们加薪是不合适的。 It would be unseemly for judges to receive pay increases when others are having to tighten their belts. | ||
这反映出随着消费者勒紧裤腰子，失业率上升（零售价格持续急剧下降），内需开始下降。 This reflects the downturn in domestic demand as consumers tighten their belts and as unemployment rises (retail sales continue to fall sharply). | ||
在经济倒推的大环境下，失控消费往往会随着人们勒紧裤袋而放慢。 And in the general atmosphere of a recession, out-of-control spending tends to slow down as everybody tightens their belts. | ||
即想勒紧裤腰带，又希望掏腰包在今年给客户、同事带来一些快乐吗？ Tightening your belt but still want to open your wallet to spread some cheer among clients and colleagues this year? | ||
这对于总是向贫穷国家宣扬勒紧钱袋的IMF而言着实是件新鲜事儿。 This is rather new for the IMF, which has rarely advocated loosening purse strings in poor countries. | ||
