裤带

It was a night when he had taken her at the expense of a month's rigid economizing on food.

那天夜里地是勒紧了一个月裤带才带她去的。

The hundreds of mainlanders bursting to spend their hard-earned renminbi in the capitalist enclave of Hong Kong are just one sign of a revolution in Asia that is likely to transform global spending patterns: after decades of stashing away their savings, Asia's rapidly growing middle classes are turning into voracious consumers.

这些排队等候过关的大陆人将在资本主义的胜地香港尽情消费，把自己辛辛苦苦挣来的人民币悉数花掉。这是一个信号，预示着在过了数十年勒紧裤带尽力储蓄的日子后，数量迅速增长的亚洲中产阶级正在变成如饥似渴的消费者。亚洲正在经历一场可能会改变全球消费模式的革命。

Previously, the store said, the main purchasers of cleavage-enhancing bras, basques, thongs, stockings and suspenders, have been women in their early 20s.

这家百货公司表示，之前，购买深V文胸、巴斯克衫、丁字裤、长筒袜和吊裤带等性感内衣的主要消费群体都是一些20岁出头的妙龄少女。

Here, that meant shorts and more shorts, ribbing that gave an athletic edge to a pair of plaid pants, silky tech materials used for hoodies and blousons, and leggings showing up in place of trousers.

这里除了短裤就是更多的短裤，格子呢休闲裤带来了运动的极致，丝制连帽外套和夹克以及带有护膝的裤子也是秀场上的亮点。

Sure, Giambi had a decent offensive season last year (32 homers, 96 RBI,.247-.373-.502) thanks largely to the mystical oomph of his '70s-freak mustache and gold thong, but he was an albatross on defense on a team that has two competent infielders who are only getting

虽然或许由於他的小胡子和金色丁字裤带来的神秘活力，大吉去年在进攻端表现还不差，但防守端还是让人不太敢领教，尤其他的内野搭档群也都有各自的问题。

What we're talking about is an e-conomy-wide mood swing. Busi-nesses in lots of industries shed jobs. Consumers tighten their belts. Banks curtail lending.

但我们所谈的是经济上的情绪摆荡：很多行业的公司行号裁员；消费者勒紧裤带；银行限缩放贷。

This pronounced trend is not happening just because the world is tightening its belt; ostentatious luxury as social spectacle is now seen as offensive.

之所以出现这种明显的趋势，不仅仅是因为全世界都在勒紧裤带；同时也是因为，作为一道社交风景的炫耀性奢侈品现在令人反感。

The split between the two groups can hardly be papered over.

这两个团体间的分歧难以掩饰。

This approach not only encourages a greater number of responses, but minimizes the likelihood of stale groupthink.

这种做法不仅鼓励了更多的反应，而且减少跟风的可能性。