Most of us have survived a recession, so we're familiar with the belt-tightening strategies needed to survive a slump.

我们大多数人都挺过了经济衰退，所以我们都熟悉要在经济衰退中存活需要勒紧裤腰带的策略。

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The ever-growing pack of GRC vendors have clearly defined the value they deliver, but not that they're something the enterprise cannot do without during a period of belt tightening.

数目与日俱增的GRC厂商无疑已经表现出了它们的价值，但它们还无法证明GRC平台是各大公司紧缩银根时期的必备之宝。

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Household consumption fell in 2009 as a whole but sales of beansprouts, a classic belt-tightening purchase in Japan, jumped by more than 10%.

家庭消费在2009年整体下降但是豆芽菜的销量却跳升了10%还多，在日本，豆芽菜是勒紧裤带度日的传统食品。

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Well after that, the bond price went up because people saw that as a sign that the company was tightening its belt and doing things right to have money to pay off the bondholders; so it was self-interested, I suppose--maybe you can ask him about this.

在这之后,债券的价格升高了,因为人们认为降低红利是一个信号,说明公司开始紧缩开支走向正轨,并且去偿付债券持有人,莱德利夫通过这种做法达到利己的目的,我想你们可以就此事向莱德利夫提问

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