furnish with battens;

"batten ships"

But for now, batten down the hatches and get ready for some wild weather!

但目前则应未雨绸缪，为应付恶劣的天气作好準备。

Meanwhile batten down the hatches for the next few weeks.

并为下几周做好计划準备。

As a storm was brewing the crew received orders to batten down the hatches.

暴风雨即将来临，因此船长命令水手将舱口封好。

It may be that thriving firms allow themselves the luxury of attending to social issues such as board diversity, whereas poorly performing ones batten down the hatches.

也许是因为飞速发展的公司有余力关注如董事会多元化等的社会问题，而表现欠佳的公司则自身难保（无暇顾及其他）。

There「s a storm coming, so let」s batten down the hatches.

暴风雨就要来了，让我们把舱口都封住。

If you are just too exhausted to leave the confines of the house, unplug the phone, lock the door, batten down the hatches and spend the entire weekend at home, doing absolutely nothing.

如果你累得不想走出房门一步，就拔掉电话，锁上门，关上窗户，整个周末都呆在家里，什么都不要做。

On closer inspection, however, it becomes clear that the crisis forced the industry as a whole to batten down the hatches.

然而，通过更仔细地观察，我们可以清晰地发现，这场危机迫使整个保险业严正以待。

The captain ordered the sailors to batten down the hatches of their ship, as a storm was coming soon.

暴风雨即将来临，因此船长命令水手将舱口封好。

Unbeknownst to most mainstream Facebook users, the social network actually offers a slew of privacy controls and security features which can help you batten down the hatches, so to speak.

大多数Facebook用户可能不知道，网络实际上提供了一些私有控制和安全功能来帮助你，是你的信息变得更安全。

Another expression linked to sailing is batten down the hatches .

和航海相关的另一个短语是batten downthehatches（未雨绸缪）。