Three helpings of rhubarb crumble and custard later and the waistband on Harry's jeans was feeling uncomfortably tight (which was saying something as the jeans had once been Dudley's).

三份大黄面包屑，接着又是蛋奶糕，哈利牛仔裤的裤腰紧得难受了（这是很能说明问题的，因为那条牛仔裤本来是达力的）。

Rhett carefully set the baby on the floor and pulled his shirt and undershirt out of his trouser band.

瑞德小心地把孩子放在地板上，然后把他的衬衣和汗衫从裤腰事带里拉出来。

Wherever investment income is needed to meet current expenses, belts must be tightened.

若需要投资收益满足日常，必须勒紧裤腰带。

The higher the starting debt, the more belt-tightening needed.

起始债务越高，越需要勒紧裤腰带。

When companies tighten their belts, they look first to discretionary spending.

当企业勒紧裤腰带时，他们首先考虑的是可自行决定的支出。

Charles's trousers were tight across the belly.

夏的裤腰紧了。

But Cassidy O'Donnell says her hens are already fluffing the family's bottom line, laying roughly eight dozen eggs each month, which could cost more than $40 in a store.

但是凯西迪·奥唐奈却说她的母鸡已经让自家放松了裤腰带，这些鸡每个月会下大约8打的蛋，这些鸡蛋在商店里要花40多美元。

The Labour leader, Keir Starmer, has demanded a general election, and those calls could grow louder as the new prime minister imposes a belt-tightening economic program in the midst of a cost-of-living crisis.

工党领袖·塔默要求举行大选，随着新首相在生活成本危机中实施勒紧裤腰带的经济计划，这种呼声可能会变得更加响亮。

Harry got a shock the first time he looked in the mirror over the kitchen mantelpiece and it shouted, " Tuck your shirt in, scruffy! "

厨房壁炉架上的那面镜子把哈利吓了一跳。他第一次照镜子时，镜子突然大叫起来：“把衬衫塞到裤腰里去，邋里邋遢！”

Whereas if the government tightens its belt when people and businesses are doing the same, less is spent, so unemployment gets even worse.

如果政府勒紧裤腰带，生意人也是如此，花得更少，失业率会更糟。

But 1940 audiences, they did not agree, and for the next production, Dumbo, Walt had to tighten the belt and reduce costs to a minimum.

但 1940 年的观众并不买账，因此在接下来的制作《小飞象》中，华特不得不勒紧裤腰带，将成本降到最低。

My fault? We wouldn't even be out here if it weren't? for these two lizard brains not being able? to keep it in their pants.

怪我？要不是这两个蜥蜴脑袋管不住裤腰带，我们根本不会来这儿。

In my point of view, we should hold the strings of purse tight, instead of spending more.

我认为，我们应该勒紧裤腰带，而不是大把花钱。

Then, I have just a classic Carhartt carpenter pant in a raw denim, knip the waist a little bit.

然后，我有一条经典的卡哈特木匠裤粗斜纹布做的，把裤腰剪短一点。

" Twenty-two minutes after eleven, " returned Passepartout, drawing an enormous silver watch from the depths of his pocket.

路路通伸手从裤腰上的表口袋里掏出一只大银表，回答说：" 十一点二十二分。"

And scarcity thinking, the idea that even rich countries need to tighten their belts, has taken hold.

稀缺性思维，即使是富裕国家也需要勒紧裤腰带的想法，已经站稳了脚跟。

The ability to push through price increases as customers tighten their belts requires careful management.

要想具备在消者勒紧裤腰带的情况下推动价格上涨的能力，需要谨慎管理。

So I would just buy men's pants, knip the waist, keep it moving.

所以我会买男士的裤子，把裤腰剪断，让我能运动。

We've got to tighten our belt.

我们得省吃俭勒紧裤腰带。

Due to the global economic recession, businesses had to tighten their belts.

由于全球经济衰退，企业不得不勒紧裤腰带。