With the price increases, we are all having to tighten our belts.

由于物价上涨，我们都只好勒紧裤腰带了。

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"We are going to have to tighten our belts some in the coming months, frankly," says Morris.

莫里斯说：“说实话，我们今后几个月要勒紧裤腰带。”

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This month we have to tighten our belts.

这个月我不得不勒紧裤腰带过日子。

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But he has already made clear that, like families around the country who are making tough decisions about their family budget, that we need to tighten our belts where we can, but we have to do that in order to preserve the ability to invest in the future.

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We American voters might respond that most of us do not receive automatic inflation adjustments to our earnings and we are expected to tighten our belts when times are tough and our personal debt has gotten out of control.

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Scene Four: Al is pestering us again about how we have to tighten our belts or else the global sea level will rise dramatically and turn our coastal cities into Waterworld.

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