The country's crisis was so grave that even the theatre would tighten its belt.

国家的经济危机严重，甚至剧场也不得不紧缩开支。

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While the rest of Europe is forced to tighten its belt, Germany appears to be coasting through the crisis.

在欧洲其他国家被迫勒紧腰带的时候，德国在危机中似乎是毫发无损。

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The country's crisis, he added, was so grave that even the theatre and the ballet company would have to tighten its belt.

国家处于非常严重的危机，甚至连剧院和芭蕾舞剧团也得节衣缩食。

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But the global economic situation has only strengthened his longstanding desire to have F1 tighten its belt.

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In December 1997 the IMF asked South Korea to tighten its belt a notch (a fiscal improvement of 0.4% of GDP).

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Oil prices moved up after 1986 but plunged again in the late 1990s, forcing the industry to once more radically tighten its belt.

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