The company recovered well after going through several lean years.

经历了几年的萧条后，这家公司的业务才完全恢复了正常。

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My parents lived through the lean years of the 1930s.

我的父母经历了20世纪30年代的萧条期。

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

Ladies and gentlemen, the signs are evident in many areas. The lean years are upon us in terms of the global economic outlook.

女士们，先生们，许多领域已有明显迹象显示，全球经济前景不佳，我们需要过若干年苦日子。

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we're going to lean on each other.' And that's what we've done here the last four years and this is the culmination of all that belief and that faith."

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Pay is also rising after the relatively lean years of 2002 and 2003, executive recruiters say.

FORBES: Wall Street's Hiring Spree

The early taste for deal-making stuck with Blixseth through his lean years as a songwriter.

FORBES: Invest Like A Billionaire: Timothy Blixseth

The Bank of England's Governor has talked of seven lean years for the economy.

BBC: Unhappy anniversary of the credit crunch