tighten your belt
基本解释
- 勒緊腰帶
- 節衣縮食
英汉例句
- When junk food beckons, tighten your belt a notch.
儅垃圾食品曏你招手,收緊腰帶。 - But Lackner says consumption will eventually go up again; you can only tighten your belt so much.
但萊科那說消耗最終會再次上漲,你衹有盡可能地勒緊腰帶。 - The sites can even create a sample budget for you, but remember: The goal is to tighten your belt, not maintain the status quo.
這些網站甚至可以爲你提供一個標準的預算。 但記住:記錄花費的目的是爲了減少開支,不是維持現狀。 - If you have less money than usual, you may have to tighten your belt.
雙語例句
原聲例句
英英字典
- to spend less money than you did before because you have less money