查询词典 battening

Cities all around the Pacific are battening down the hatches as El Nino threatens meteorological mayhem.

厄尔尼诺现象即将造成世界气象大混乱，各国未雨绸缪，都在紧锣密鼓地做应变准备。

And with European investors battening down the hatches, figures from the European Fund and Asset Management Association suggest that Asian investors accounted for 90 per cent of net sales of Luxembourg and Dublin-based "offshore" Ucits funds in 2007, with demand holding up in the first four months of 2008 even as European investors rushed for the exits.

此外，欧洲基金和资产管理协会（European Fund and Asset Management Association，简称EFAMA）公布的数据显示，由于欧洲投资者纷纷封仓，2007年，总部设在卢森堡和都柏林的&离岸&UCITS基金的净销售额中，90%来自亚洲投资者。因此，2008年头4个月，虽然欧洲投资者匆忙撤离，但这些基金的需求仍保持了升势。

In the United States, chronic alcoholism and hepatitis C are the most common ones.

在美国，慢性酒精中毒，肝炎是最常见的。

If you have any questions, you can contact me anytime.

如果有任何问题，你可以随时联系我。