
n. 勒紧裤腰带;紧缩预算,省吃俭用
We have begun internal belt tightening, but this is not enough.
我们已开始在内部采取紧缩措施,但这还不够。
Massive debt and government belt tightening are likely to keep a lid on the economy for years, further limiting household gains.
高额负债和政府支出收紧,可能在未来多年里抑制美国经济的增长,进而限制家庭收入增长。
The ever-growing pack of GRC vendors have clearly defined the value they deliver, but not that they're something the enterprise cannot do without during a period of belt tightening.
数目与日俱增的GRC厂商无疑已经表现出了它们的价值,但它们还无法证明GRC平台是各大公司紧缩银根时期的必备之宝。
This will cause further belt-tightening in the public services.
这将导致进一步削减公共服务开支。
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。
"belt-tightening"是经济领域常用的复合名词,其核心含义指通过缩减开支应对财政困境的行为。该术语源自19世纪英国维多利亚时期,当时人们通过实际收紧裤腰带的行为,象征性地表达节俭决心。根据牛津词典的权威解释,其现代定义为"在收入减少时减少开支的过程"(https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/belt-tightening)。
在宏观经济层面,国际货币基金组织(IMF)2023年报告指出,全球超过60%的国家在疫情后采取了不同程度的belt-tightening政策,包括削减公共支出、调整税收结构等措施(https://www.imf.org/en/Publications)。微观经济案例中,《经济学人》曾分析日本企业通过"シェイプアップ経営"(经营瘦身)实现belt-tightening,包括优化供应链、减少非核心业务等具体手段(https://www.economist.com/business/2023/05/01)。
该术语的同义词辨析需注意语境差异:相较于"austerity"多用于政府财政政策,"belt-tightening"更强调个人或企业的主动节流行为。韦氏词典特别标注其适用场景包含家庭预算管理与企业成本控制(https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/belt-tightening)。典型应用如美联储加息周期中,约43%美国家庭会通过推迟大宗消费、降低能源消耗等方式实施belt-tightening(美国劳工统计局2024年数据)。
"Belt tightening" 是一个英语习语,字面意思是"勒紧腰带",实际用于描述以下两种核心含义:
该表达源自旧时人们通过勒紧腰带来缓解饥饿感的实际动作,19世纪开始被《泰晤士报》等媒体用于比喻财政紧缩政策。作为名词使用时常见搭配有:
例句:
"The company announced belt tightening measures, including a hiring freeze and reduced overtime pay."
(该公司宣布了紧缩措施,包括暂停招聘和削减加班费)
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