bracing boom

基本解釋

While the ambitious potential parents plan to celebrate the Games with a new addition to their families, host country China is bracing itself for a baby boom.
就在這些興致勃勃地準爸爸準媽媽們努力造人迎接奧運盛事的時候，作爲主辦國的中國將無可避免的迎來一場新的嬰兒潮。
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As a result heavy industry, and construction and cement firms in particular, are bracing for tough times, while green-tech firms like Sharp, Sanyo and Toshiba are preparing for a boom.
這一計劃將使重工業(yè)企業(yè)，建築商以及水泥公司（尤其是水泥公司）的処境更加艱難，而像夏普，三洋，東芝等開發(fā)環(huán)保技術的企業(yè)則將迎來一個高速發(fā)展的繁榮時期。
Along with other western German universities, it is bracing for an influx of 275,000 extra students, caused by a minor baby boom and a one-year reduction in courses of study at high schools.
像其它德國西部的大學那樣，它將接收27.5萬額外的大學生。目前，一個小型的嬰兒潮以及由於學制改革從而將縮減一年課程，引發(fā)了一個入學高峰。