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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Papandreou picked outgoing Defense Minister Evangelos Venizelos as new finance minister, jettisoning George Papaconstantinou, architect of a belt-tightening program that has stoked violent unrest and a revolt in his Socialist Party.

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They are part of a general belt-tightening at the agency.

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Advertisers' migration toward search advertising is partly a result of belt-tightening companies looking for a more measurable and accountable form of marketing, says Greg Sterling, a search market analyst with Sterling Market Research.

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