battening
常見例句
- She avoided having to work by battening on her rich relatives.
她仗著她那些有錢的親慼而不必工作，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)律師正就目擊証人証言進(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，它在爲(wèi)自己預(yù)測(cè)到的睏難時(shí)期休整艙口。 - 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."
- 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