battening

常見例句

雙語例句

• She avoided having to work by battening on her rich relatives.
  她仗著她那些有錢的親戚而不必工作，得以坐享清福。
  dict.cn
• Or a newspaper might report that "defense lawyers were 'battening down the hatches' for testimony by someone who observed the crime."
  或者報(bào)紙可能報(bào)道稱 “辯護(hù)律師正就目擊證人證言進(jìn)行辯護(hù)”。
• And the company’s other actions suggest that it is battening down the hatches for a much rougher time than it expected at the start of June.
  而且，該公司的其他行動(dòng)表明，六月初，它在為自己預(yù)測到的困難時(shí)期休整艙口。

原聲例句

• A news report,for example, might say that people in Washington were battening down the hatches for a big winter storm.
• Or a newspaper might report that "defense lawyers were 'battening down the hatches' for testimony by someone who observed the crime."

權(quán)威例句

• Canada is a country of ferocious northern winters, whose stoical people are used to battening down their hatches.
  ECONOMIST: Peace, order and rocky government
• Despite its ethos of transparency and a mission to make the world more open, Facebook seems to be battening down its hatches as it comes under FTC scrutiny for privacy concerns.
  FORBES: Facebook Insiders Ponder Its Future
• Israel's generals are already battening down the hatches.
  ECONOMIST: Israel and the Islamists
返回 battening