belt-tightening

IPA/ˈbelt taɪtnɪŋ/
IPA/ˈbelt taɪtnɪŋ/

belt-tightening — 名詞

1. a situation in which a person, organisation, or government reduces the amount of

1.名詞B2
釋義

緊縮

減少開支的時期或措施

a situation in which a person, organisation, or government reduces the amount of money it spends, usually because income has dropped or the economy is struggling

例句

The company announced a belt-tightening plan that cut travel costs by forty percent.

該公司宣布了一項緊縮計畫，將差旅成本削減了百分之四十。

belt-tightening plan

During the recession, the Watanabe family faced years of belt-tightening just to keep their home.

經濟衰退期間，渡邊家為了保住房子，經歷了多年的勒緊褲帶。

years of belt-tightening

常見搭配
  • belt-tightening measures
  • belt-tightening plan
  • belt-tightening programme
  • period of belt-tightening
  • severe belt-tightening
  • forced belt-tightening
  • further belt-tightening
  • belt-tightening is necessary
同義詞
  • austerity

    more formal, usually refers to government-level spending cuts; can imply hardship

  • cost-cutting

    focuses on the specific actions taken rather than the general situation

  • economising

    more personal and everyday; less dramatic than belt-tightening

  • retrenchment

    formal, typically used in business contexts for organisational cutbacks

反義詞
  • spending spree

    deliberate, generous spending — opposite of reducing expenditure

文法句型

belt-tightening + noun (e.g. belt-tightening measures)

period/phase of belt-tightening

用法筆記

Often used with nouns like 'measures', 'plan', 'program' to describe the specific steps taken. The phrase is uncountable — do not say 'a belt-tightening' alone (use 'a period of belt-tightening').

常見錯誤

The company introduced a belt-tightening.
The company introduced belt-tightening measures.
belt-tightening is uncountable; pair it with a noun like 'measures' or 'plan'.
The belt-tightening of the government was unpopular.
The government's belt-tightening was unpopular.
use the possessive form for the actor.

同根字

  • tighten one's belt
    phrase (idiom)B2

常見搭配

名詞搭配

副詞搭配

常用片語

  • belt-tightening is necessary
  • forced belt-tightening
  • further belt-tightening

介系詞搭配

  • of (period of belt-tightening)
  • in (belt-tightening in the public sector)