belttighten

基本解释

Recession Diet Just One Way to Tighten Belt.
经济衰退时期饮食的唯一选择“”“”勒紧腰带。
Install belt buckle and tighten with the fastening screw.
安装安全带扣并用紧固螺钉固定。
Install the serpentine drive belt and tighten to obtain the specified tension.
安装蛇形驱动带，拧紧到规定的张力。

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?