It's time to batten down the hatches and prepare for another very bumpy ride.

现在是时候放下舱口，并准备另一个非常颠簸的航程。

Short-term, then batten down the hatches might be a rocky ride.

短期内，紧缩开支可能带来一段颠簸的旅程。

Well, isn't battening down the hatches usually the best way?

按常理 此刻坚守不出难道不是上策吗？

We battened down the hatches and trusted no one until this battle was over.

在这场战斗结束之前， 我们紧闭门户， 不信任任何人。

We might say, okay, things are going to be rough, so let's batten down the hatches.

我们可能说，吧，事情难，所以让我们做准备。

Then you might be warned to batten down the hatches to prepare yourself.

然后你可能告要系舱盖，做准备。

Batten down the hatches, young 'un.

做准备，年轻人。

Better batten down the hatches, B.

最未雨绸缪吧 B。

Hence, their only option now is to batten down the hatches and to cut costs, while hoping that demand will persist in the coming years.

因此， 他们现在唯一的选择就是收紧开支、削减成本，同时寄望于未来几年需求能持续不减。

Now, as someone who lived on a ship for two years, I certainly experienced a couple of occasions where I was ordered to batten down the hatches.

现在， 作为一个在船上生活了两年的人，我确实经历过几次命令关闭舱门的情况。

And meanwhile, the White House Office of Management and Budget says it is making every preparation to batten down the hatches to ride out a long shutdown.

与此同时，白宫行政管理和预算局表示，正在为应对长期停摆做一切准备。

I think it's one thing to batten down the hatches, if you will, an old phrase, that when a storm is coming, let's kind of protect the windows.

我认为在暴风雨来临之际，加固门窗以保护窗户是一种做法，这是一句老话。

The elder Koshak, a gruff, warm-hearted expert machinist of 67, agreed. " We can batten down and ride it out, " he said. " If we see signs of danger, we can get out before dark."

今年已 67 岁的老科夏克是个脾气暴躁但心肠的熟练机械师。对儿子的看法他表示赞同。“我们能够封住风口，战胜风暴”，他说道，“如果有危险迹象，我们可以在天黑前撤离。”