belttighten

基本解釋

Recession Diet Just One Way to Tighten Belt.
經濟衰退時期飲食的唯一選擇“”“”勒緊腰帶。
Install belt buckle and tighten with the fastening screw.
安裝安全帶扣并用緊固螺釘固定。
Install the serpentine drive belt and tighten to obtain the specified tension.
安裝蛇形驅動帶，擰緊到規(guī)定的張力。

In March Mr Neumann was one of 11 Republicans who blocked a 14% increase in the budget that pays for the various House committees: if Congress expected the rest of the country to accept belt-tightening, it should tighten its own belt, he said.
ECONOMIST: Mark Neumann, Republican hothead
All of that is contributing to the need for people to tighten their belt.
NPR: Financial Expert Examines Possibility of Recession
In December 1997 the IMF asked South Korea to tighten its belt a notch (a fiscal improvement of 0.4% of GDP).
ECONOMIST: Has the IMF changed? Or has the world?