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crunch
释义
- n.
- 嚼；〔方言〕碎屑；嘎扎嘎扎的响声；〔美俚〕摊牌(时刻)
- v.
- 嘎扎嘎扎地咀嚼(饼干等)
- adj.
- 最后一线胜机的
- 网络
- 关键时刻；吱嘎吱嘎咬或嚼某物；危机
展开详细释义
v.
1.嘎扎嘎扎地咀嚼(饼干等);(车轮,皮靴等)嘎喳嘎喳地(在砂砾路上)碾过[踏过]
2.发出嗄吱嗄吱(的声音)
n.
1.咬碎,咬,嚼;〔方言〕碎屑;嘎扎嘎扎的响声
2.〔美俚〕摊牌(时刻),紧要[决定性]关头;困境;(经济等)紧缩状态
3.嗄吱嗄吱声
词形变化
现在分词：crunching 过去式：crunched 第三人称单数：crunches
常用短语 2 组
- credit crunch
- 信贷紧缩；信贷危机（等于credit crisis）
- crunch time
- 关键时刻；关键时间
在例句中理解 33 句
Today, I got out of the shower and felt a crunch under my foot. I lifted the bathmat thinking it was a loose tile. It was a mouse. FML.
今天我洗完澡出来，脚下咯吱一声。我以为是地砖松了，把毯子掀起来一看，原来是只老鼠。FML。
The crunch has made banks less able to lend and companies less willing to borrow, at least for a few years.
危机使得银行借贷能力下降，公司也不太愿意借款，至少这种情况得维持几年的时间。
I've seen many projects where the team thinks they are going to crunch for just a month and then ends up crunching for close to a year.
我遇到过许多项目团队，他们以为仅仅加班一个月便可完成任务最后结果是加班几乎一年。
Financial innovation has a bad reputation at the moment, because exotic derivatives were one of the causes of the credit crunch.
因为异域衍生品是信贷紧缩的一个原因，因此目前金融创新声名不佳。
But the credit crunch sucked the wind from its sails, sending spreads soaring and triggering a round of cancellations among issuers.
但是，信贷危机导致风向逆转，推动息差飞速扩大，并在发行者中引发了一轮注销浪潮。
It could have been Credit Crunch Round Two. There was bound to be relief at avoiding that.
而可能会由此而来的第二轮信贷紧缩就必定会导致避免紧缩发生的救援行动。
He was one of those players who seemed destined to go deep at majors and beat the top two here and there, but not deliver at crunch time.
他似乎是注定要成为夺得大满贯和击败世界前2的选手之一，但在关键时刻总是无法实现。
The president seems to be assuming that when it comes to the crunch, Republicans will drop their objections and vote for this one too.
总统似乎也有理由假设等到关键时刻，共和党人会放弃反对立场而为之投上赞成票。
Until this week the politicians trying to tackle the credit crunch had done little to restore this essential ingredient.
到本周为止，那些努力应对信贷危机的政要们在重建信心这一基本因素上作为甚少。
To that extent at least, the Republican, who once used to be a fiscal conservative, has less to lose in the crunch.
在这一程度上，财政上一贯保守的共和党人，至少不会在这场危机中失去什么。
I realize it seems odd to say that of events characterized by panic, a credit crunch, slowing growth and falling stock markets.
我知道，在特点为恐慌、信贷紧缩、增长放缓和股市下跌的情况之下，这么说很显得很莫名其妙。
The clean-technology business, which slumped following the credit crunch, seems to be recovering.
信贷紧缩后清洁技术产业衰退，但目前似乎逐渐好转。
Her father felt the crunch of the ship's collision with the iceberg on the night of 14 April 1912, and went up to investigate.
在1912年4月14晚，她的父亲听到了船与冰山碰撞的嘎吱声音，然后起身去查看。
Peter Kendall, the NFU president, welcomed recognition of the pressures on farmers, which he said had increased during the credit crunch.
PeterKendall，英国农场主联合会（NFU）主席对此表示欢迎，承认信贷紧缩以来，农民的压力在增加。
Otherwise, he explains, the ensuing credit crunch would have blocked the project. But he says banks seem ready to lend again.
要不然紧接着爆发的信贷危机会阻碍这个项目。他说，现在银行看来准备再发放贷款了。
When a stone falls into a pond, the ripples persist for a while. The credit crunch was a whopping great boulder.
当一颗石子落入池塘后，荡起的涟漪尚且会持续一段时间。何况信用紧缩（却）是巨如磐石。
There has being a huge increase in the code of men interested in becoming tutors since the start of the so-cwhichleed credit crunch.
自所谓的信贷紧缩开端以来，有志成为老师的人数大幅增长。
The credit crunch does not seem to have affected confidence in private equity in Asia.
这场信贷危机似乎没有影响亚洲私人股本的信心。
The company was a leader in creating and marketing some of the exotic securities that have been at the heart of the credit crunch.
该公司在创建和销售一些复杂证券方面是整个行业的领头羊，而这些证券正是信贷危机的核心所在。
With the credit crunch squeezing hard, many of us are trying to make our pennies go a bit further.
随着信贷严重紧缩，我们中的很多人正试图节约每一分钱。
He explained to me that drug dealers are the perfect gurus for a recession or credit crunch.
他曾向我解释过，在应对衰退或信贷紧缩方面，毒贩是一流的大师。
Consumers in the wealthiest nations are struggling with the consequences of the credit crunch and with the soaring cost of energy and food.
最富裕国家的消费者正疲于应对信贷紧缩的后果和不断飙升的能源及食品价格。
All the memories of my youth speak to me as I walk, just as the seashells crunch under my feet on the beach.
海边散步时，所有青春的记忆在我耳边轻声响起，就像我在沙滩上随脚踩到的贝壳一样发出清脆的声音。
Retaining older staff has also been a challenge for companies trying to avert a labor crunch.
留住老职员对试图避免劳动力危机的公司来说也是个挑战。
During the credit crunch, Brazil was one of few emerging countries to enjoy continued net inflows.
在信贷危机期间，巴西是为数不多的几个拥有净资金流入的新兴国家之一。
Some of the newer houses were built just as the credit crunch began to bite, and voters are anxious.
信贷危机来袭时刚建造了一批新居。选民们对此感到不安。
There has been a huge increase in the number of people interested in becoming teachers since the start of the so-called credit crunch.
自所谓的信贷紧缩开始以来，有志成为教师的人数大幅增长。
Needless to say, this is a pretty important job, and you're on a bit of a time crunch.
毋庸讳言，这是一项非常重要的工作，您的时间有点紧张。
ALMOST a year has passed since the credit crunch burst into the public consciousness.
信贷危机突然出现在公众视线里已近一年了。
Mining firms' shares, which plummeted in response to the credit crunch, have perked up a lot since the beginning of the year.
曾应信贷萎缩之声而下挫的采矿业公司股票，自年初以来已大幅反弹。
She sucked an ice cube into her mouth, and crunched it loudly.
她把一冰块儿含在嘴里，并嘎吱嘎吱地大声嚼起来。
Their boots crunched loudly on the frozen snow.
他们的靴子踩在冻结的雪上发出嘎吱嘎吱的响声。
The only sound was the crunch of tyres on gravel.
唯一的声音是轮胎压在砂砾上的嘎吱声。