vt. 嘎吱嘎吱地咬嚼;嘎吱嘎吱地压,碾,跺;[俚]运行,处理
vi. 嘎吱嘎吱地咀嚼;嘎吱嘎吱地动;发嘎吱嘎吱声
n. 嘎吱声;决定性冲突;危急情况;经济收缩
The crunch came when she returned from America.
她从美国回来以后,危机就出现了。
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。
There is absolutely no credit crunch on the main streets of small businesses.
在小企业的主要街道上绝对不存在信贷危机。
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。