英语释义

1. a reduction in spending

2. a reduction in spending changes that are made in order to save money

片语

managing主管的；节省的

v-belt tightening张紧三角带

Belt-tightening across the sector整个行业的紧缩

belt-tightening strategy节俭策略

economical经济的；节约的；合算的

saving节约的；挽救的；补偿的；保留的

a belt-tightening勒紧裤带的政策

英汉例句

• the vice chief is leading the army「s belt-tightening initiatives through a series of portfolio reviews, which he began more than six months ago.

  副主管领导军队通过资产审查进行紧缩，这是他6个多月前就开始的一系列倡议。

• the precise impact of next year’s belt-tightening is tricky to gauge.

  紧缩政策对明年的具体影响目前还难以估量。

• if the office itself is starting to look run down and like its in need of an upgrade, it’s indicative of excessive belt-tightening measures.

  如果办公室看起来是在走向衰败而且需要来一次升级，这就表明贵公司已经开始在勒紧裤腰带过日子了。

• general motors and chrysler were expected to draw on the funds immediately to avert bankruptcy, and will be required to implement new belt-tightening moves and demonstrate their long-term viability.

  通用汽车和克莱斯勒预计将立即利用这些资金以避免破产，并将被要求实施新的紧缩举措，表明其长期生存能力。

• an extended period of belt-tightening is likely to be the theme when barack obama presents his fiscal budget for 2011 on monday february 1st.

  总统奥巴马2月1日宣布的2011年度财政预算中，一个延长的缩减开支的时期有可能成为主题。

• the scale of budget belt-tightening suggests these banks’ policy rates could stay way down for several years. but this will cause problems elsewhere.

  从紧的预算显示这些银行将在近几年保持较低利率，这将给其他国家带来难题。

• the belt-tightening means safeway」s profits should improve this year and that the pleasanton, calif., company should have more money to return to investors in the form of dividends and share buybacks.

  强制性的节约意味着西夫韦今年的收益会改进，而这家总部在加州普莱森顿的公司通过分红和股票回购，会有更多的钱回报股东。

• such belt-tightening had proved necessary even in the months before the rescue.

  这样的收紧裤腰带过日子即便在救助后的几个月也被证明是必须的。

• but is it right to claim, as mr trichet and other devotees of 「expansionary fiscal consolidations」 do, that belt-tightening can actually aid growth in the short term?

  但是，如特里谢先生和其他「扩张性的财政整顿」的信徒所言的那样，紧缩实际上在短期内促进增长吗？

• the belt-tightening environment in which it flourished does not pertain in many of the emerging markets it is targeting, although it certainly does in most of the rich world.

  它所得以立足的勒紧裤腰带式消费环境与很多新兴的目标市场格格不入，虽然它的秘诀在大多数富裕的国家仍起作用。

• much of the remainder can be put down to belt-tightening amid the downturn.

  大部份（需求）剩余可以归因为下降中的紧缩。

• the scale of budget belt-tightening suggests these banks’ policy rates could stay way down for several years.

  勒紧裤腰带削减预算的规模表明这些银行的利率政策将保持多年不变。

• unions face the prospect of further belt-tightening in wages, healthcare and retirement benefits.

  工人们将会面对工资，医疗保险，以及退休金不断缩减的现实。

• higher taxes at the top, along with the waning of fiscal stimulus and belt-tightening by the states, will make a weak growth rate weaker still.

  更高的赋税加上减弱的财政刺激和政府的紧缩政策将使本已疲软的经济更加无力增长。

• countries that are running current-account surpluses, mainly in the north, must help, by avoiding overzealous belt-tightening and introducing reforms to encourage private spending.

  主要位于欧洲北部、拥有经常项目盈余的国家必须作出贡献。 它们可以避免过多热衷于紧缩，推进鼓励私人支出的改革。

• the scale of budget belt-tightening suggests these banks' policy rates could stay way down for several years.

  预算规模的紧缩意味着银行的政策利率在几年内都会较低。

• portugal and spain were persuaded to announce extra fiscal belt-tightening this week.

  葡萄牙和西班牙被说服本周宣布进一步紧缩财政的措施。