 最近“手頭緊”
[ 2008-12-01 16:20 ]
金融危機席卷全球,越來越多的公司企業感到經濟拮據,有些甚至已經開始通過裁員和精簡部門設置來改善當前的經濟狀況。在這樣的大環境下,作為小職員的我們自然也是銀包縮水,With the spread of global financial crisis, people in our country also feel the pinch.
Feel the pinch這個短語一般都用來形容財政困難,手頭拮據等狀況,作此解釋也是源于pinch這個詞有“困境、困苦”等意思。If someone is short of money or feeling restricted in some other way, they are feeling the pinch.
再看一個例子:
Shopkeepers are beginning to feel the pinch because no one has a lot of money to spend these days.
店主們開始感到處境困難了,因為近來大家都沒什么錢買東西。
(英語點津 Helen 編輯)
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