英语释义

1. to make tight or tighter

2. to become tight or tighter

3. to practice strict economy

4. to make (something) tight or tighter or to become tight or tighter

5. to make or become tight
He tightened his grip.

英汉例句

• tim: you need to tighten your belt alice.

  蒂姆：您需要加强您带爱丽丝。

• if you have less money than usual, you may have to tighten your belt . you may have to live on less money and spend your money carefully.

  如果你手头的钱比平时少，你可能不得不勒紧裤腰带（tighten your belt），你可能不得不用较少的钱来生活，并且花钱也要慎重。

• paddy: there「s only one way out of this. you」re going to have to change your lifestyle, tighten your belt and keep tightening it.

  帕迪：这种情形，只有一种出路。你必须要改变你的生活方式，节衣缩食，并且这样继续下去。

• i don「t have deep pockets, son. you have to pull up your sockets and tighten your belt in order to take off your career.

  译文：「我不是很有钱，儿子。你必须奋发图强，勒紧腰带才能使你的事业腾飞。」

• you can only tighten your belt so much. physicist daniel kammen at the university of california, berkeley, says there just isn」t much incentive for rich countries to do that anyway.

  丹尼尔·卡门，加利福尼亚大学伯克利分校的一位物理学家，认为对于发达国家没有太多的刺激使得他们要想尽办法来这样做。

• you may need to cut back on unnecessary costs and tighten your belt a bit, but you「ll be able to spend and invest more freely when you finally nail a regular job.

  你也许需要削减一些不必要的开支勒紧点你的裤带。当你找到了一份稳定的工作的时候你就可以自由的消费和投资了。

• but lackner says consumption will eventually go up again; you can only tighten your belt so much.

  但莱科那说消耗最终会再次上涨，你只有尽可能地勒紧腰带。

• whether you」re trying to tighten your belt or accelerate your retirement savings, you won't find a much better analytical tool on the web than mint.com.

  不论你是想要系紧皮带还是加快退休金的收入，那你找不到一个比mint.com更好的分析网站了。

• you need to tighten your belt if you want to save enough money to buy your own house.

  如果想储够金钱购买自己的房子，你必须勒紧裤带，省吃俭用。

相似词

strain拉紧；尽力

stretch（四肢或身体的）舒展；（肌肉的）伸张；（材料或服装的）伸展力；困难的任务；（陆地或水域）连绵的一片；（时间）连续的一段；（非正式）服刑期；（赛马跑道的）终点直道；抢风航行的距离；（非正式）加长机动车

tauten拉紧；使绷紧

tense时态

相反词

loosen(Loosen)人名；(德)洛森

slackad 松散地

slacken使缓慢；使松弛