Iceland, the first nation to go bankrupt in the credit crunch.
冰岛是第一个在信贷紧缩中破产的国家。
Caught in a severe budget crunch, many states have sharply scaled back their funding for higher education.
由于面临严重的预算紧缩，许多州大幅削减了对高等教育的资助。
For most of the last decade, this trend has been upward, except for the most severe periods of credit crunch.
近十年的大多数时间里，这一趋势是向上的，除了信用危机最为严重的时期之外。
If there is one lesson everybody should take away from the credit crunch, it is that central bankers, no less than dentists, are only human.
如果说有一个教训是每个人都应该从信贷危机中吸取的，那就是央行行长和牙医一样都是凡人。
This advice is more relevant now than ever before, even as more parents want to embrace the ideas of their children, despite the current housing crunch.
这个建议现在比以往任何时候都更有意义，尽管目前住房紧缩，现在有更多的父母希望听取他们孩子的想法。
He can rely on my support when the crunch comes.
在关键时刻他会得到我的支持的。
For Joseph, a colleague at Chloe's office, it is Bach playing on the stereo before the screech of brakes and the crunch of metal.
对克洛伊办公室的同事约瑟夫来说，音响里播放的是巴赫的音乐，然后是刺耳的刹车声和金属的嘎吱声。
We eat while watching TV, we munch on something at our desk at work, we crunch on something while driving and drink something while reading or waiting.
看电视时吃点小零食，工作时嘴里嚼嚼东西，开车时吃点东西，阅读或者等候时也会来点喝的。
"We want that crunch!" she added.
“我们需要那种嘎吱脆！”她补充道。
The mortgage crunch makes matters worse.
贷款紧缩使得情况更糟。
Lufthansa wanted to crunch Numbers.
汉莎航空公司希望用数字来说明问题。
嘎吱嘎吱，吞下。
This autumn is crunch time for Mr Sarkozy.
对萨科齐而言，这个秋季是个危机时期。
A few months later, the credit crunch hit.
几个月后，信贷紧缩爆发。
It also lessens the crunch on election day.
这还能减少选举日出现的混乱。
Denmark has not escaped the credit crunch entirely.
丹麦并没有完全避免信贷危机。
The credit crunch has slashed the revenue from both.
而信贷紧缩使两者的收入大减。
In this light, the credit crunch seems like old news.
在这种情况下，信贷紧缩看来仅是老消息了。
During the credit crunch he ramped up public spending.
在信贷紧缩时期，他缓慢地增加了公共开支。
A crunch in the gravel, and someone rounded the VAT.
碎石嘎吱作响，有人绕到这只染缸这儿来了。
Volvo wins the prize for statistic of the crunch to date.
沃尔沃赢得了迄今为止最大紧缩数据奖。
The credit crunch may also be having lingering effects.
信贷动荡也许还存在延续效应。
The Crunch took our jobs, homes, businesses and savings.
危机剥夺了我们的工作、房子、企业和存款。
All this indicates that the credit crunch is going up-market.
所有这一切表明，信贷紧缩正在走向高档消费市场。
Investors and commentators began talking about a credit crunch.
投资人和评论员开始谈论信用紧缩。
The credit crunch has raised three genuinely awkward questions.
信贷紧缩引发了三个的确十分棘手的问题。
The statist trend intensified greatly during the credit crunch.
信贷紧缩时期，国家主义潮流一浪高过一浪。
Yet some traders in Athens fear that a crunch cannot be avoided.
但雅典的一部分贸易商担心危机不可避免。
In the worst, Asia won't avoid a credit crunch initiated in Europe.
最坏的情况是：亚洲无法避免源自欧洲的信贷危机。
Recession has only delayed the looming energy crunch (see article).
衰退只不过是延迟了迫在眉睫的能源危机(见文章)。
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