crunch
美 [kr?nt?] 
英 [kr?nt?]
- n.嚼；〔方言〕碎屑；嘎扎嘎扎的響聲；〔美俚〕攤牌(時刻)
- v.嘎扎嘎扎地咀嚼(餅干等)
- adj.最后一線勝機的
- 網絡關鍵時刻；吱嘎吱嘎咬或嚼某物；危機
詞形變化
現在分詞：crunching 過去式：crunched 第三人稱單數：crunches 同義詞
英漢雙解
1. | [c][ususing] 壓碎聲；碎裂聲a noise like the sound of sth firm being crushed |
| the crunch of feet on snow 腳踩著雪發出的嘎吱嘎吱聲 |
| The car drew up with a crunch of gravel. 那輛汽車在沙礫路上嘎吱一聲停了下來。 |
2. | [sing]
緊要關頭；困境；癥結；令人不快的重要消息an important and often unpleasant situation or piece of information |
| The crunch came when she returned from America. 她從美國回來以后，危機就出現了。 |
| He always says he'll help but when it comes to the crunch(= when it is time for action) he does nothing. 他口口聲聲說一定幫忙，然而到關鍵時候卻不行動。 |
| The crunch is that we can't afford to go abroad this year. 癥結在于我們今年負擔不起出國的費用。 |
3. | [c][ususing] （突發的）不足，短缺；（尤指）缺錢a situation in which there is suddenly not enough of sth, especially money |
| a budget/energy/housing crunch 預算╱能源╱住房短缺 |
1. | [t][i] ~ (on) sth 嘎吱嘎吱地嚼to crush sth noisily between your teeth when you are eating |
| She crunched her apple noisily. 她吃蘋果發出嘎嚓嘎嚓的聲音。 |
2. | [i][t] ~ (sth) （使）發出碎裂聲to make or cause sth to make a noise like sth hard being crushed |
| The snow crunched under our feet. 積雪在我們腳下嘎吱作響。 |
3. | [i] + adv./prep. （在路上）行進發出響聲to move over a surface, making a loud crushing noise |
| I crunched across the gravel to the front door. 我嘎吱嘎吱走過石子路來到前門。 |
4. | [t] ~ sth （快速大量地）處理信息；數字搗弄to deal with large amounts of data very quickly |
1. | [obn]
（會議、體育競賽等）至關重要的，最后一線勝機的acrunch meeting, sports game, etc. is very important and may be the last chance to succeed |
| Sunday's crunch game with Leeds 星期天與利茲隊決一雌雄的比賽 |
英漢解釋
v. | 1. 嘎扎嘎扎地咀嚼(餅干等);(車輪,皮靴等)嘎喳嘎喳地(在砂礫路上)碾過[踏過] |
n. | 2. 〔美俚〕攤牌(時刻),緊要[決定性]關頭;困境;(經濟等)緊縮狀態 |
英英解釋
例句
There has been a huge increase in the number of people interested in becoming teachers since the start of the so-called credit crunch.
自所謂的信貸緊縮開始以來，有志成為教師的人數大幅增長。
Retaining older staff has also been a challenge for companies trying to avert a labor crunch.
留住老職員對試圖避免勞動力危機的公司來說也是個挑戰。
After holding its own against the U. S. dollar throughout the financial crunch, the British currency could be in for a prolonged pounding.
在金融危機中，英鎊兌美元匯率一直保持堅挺，但現在英鎊卻可能面臨遭受長期打擊的命運。
Consumers in the wealthiest nations are struggling with the consequences of the credit crunch and with the soaring cost of energy and food.
最富裕國家的消費者正疲于應對信貸緊縮的后果和不斷飆升的能源及食品價格。
Mining firms' shares, which plummeted in response to the credit crunch, have perked up a lot since the beginning of the year.
曾應信貸萎縮之聲而下挫的采礦業公司股票，自年初以來已大幅反彈。
The goal doesn't seem too daunting and will allow you to begin developing the habit without too much of a crunch on your budget.
這個目標看上去并不太令人氣餒，而且會讓你在不造成預算緊張的情況下開始養成存錢的習慣。
She made a bet that she could defy the credit crunch and live on just one pound a day for a year.
她打賭自己可以和信貸緊縮抗爭——1天只花1英鎊并且持續一年的時間。
The company was a leader in creating and marketing some of the exotic securities that have been at the heart of the credit crunch.
該公司在創建和銷售一些復雜證券方面是整個行業的領頭羊，而這些證券正是信貸危機的核心所在。
It did not engineer this credit crunch to force low-wage, low-margin companies out of business. But that may be the upshot.
雖然政府不可能設計這么一場信貸危機來逼迫那些低工資，低效益的公司出局，但這也許正是這場危機的結局。
The credit crunch does not seem to have affected confidence in private equity in Asia.
這場信貸危機似乎沒有影響亞洲私人股本的信心。
Some of the newer houses were built just as the credit crunch began to bite, and voters are anxious.
信貸危機來襲時剛建造了一批新居。選民們對此感到不安。
Kiyohiko Nishimura, deputy governor of the Bank of Japan, said he feared a "widespread credit crunch" .
日本央行（BoJ）副行長西村清彥（KiyohikoNishimura）表示，他擔心“信貸緊縮蔓延開來”。
And a by-product of the credit crunch seems to be an overdue market re-evaluation.
[color=#0000ff]信貸緊縮的一個副產品似乎成了市場一次遲到的再評估。
There has being a huge increase in the code of men interested in becoming tutors since the start of the so-cwhichleed credit crunch.
自所謂的信貸緊縮開端以來，有志成為老師的人數大幅增長。
During the credit crunch, Brazil was one of few emerging countries to enjoy continued net inflows.
在信貸危機期間，巴西是為數不多的幾個擁有凈資金流入的新興國家之一。
Despite the fiscal crunch, many fathers welcome the new sense of proportion that tends to accompany their outlook shifts.
盡管在錢的問題上有些困擾，隨著觀點的轉變，許多爸爸還是喜歡生活中新的平衡給他們帶來的感覺。
When a stone falls into a pond, the ripples persist for a while. The credit crunch was a whopping great boulder.
當一顆石子落入池塘后，蕩起的漣漪尚且會持續一段時間。何況信用緊縮（卻）是巨如磐石。
Otherwise, he explains, the ensuing credit crunch would have blocked the project. But he says banks seem ready to lend again.
要不然緊接著爆發的信貸危機會阻礙這個項目。他說，現在銀行看來準備再發放貸款了。
With the credit crunch squeezing hard, many of us are trying to make our pennies go a bit further.
隨著信貸嚴重緊縮，我們中的很多人正試圖節約每一分錢。
But the credit crunch has made people like Julia Scott, 31, reevaluate how much she's comfortable owing a mortgage company.
但信貸緊縮使得像朱莉婭斯科特（31歲）的人開始重新評估欠抵押貸款公司錢對生活舒適度的影響。
The car drew up with a crunch of gravel.
那輛汽車在沙礫路上嘎吱一聲停了下來。
The crunch came when she returned from America.
她從美國回來以后，危機就出現了。
The crunch is that we can't afford to go abroad this year.
癥結在于我們今年擔負不起出國的費用。
Peter Kendall, the NFU president, welcomed recognition of the pressures on farmers, which he said had increased during the credit crunch.
PeterKendall，英國農場主聯合會（NFU）主席對此表示歡迎，承認信貸緊縮以來，農民的壓力在增加。
The president seems to be assuming that when it comes to the crunch, Republicans will drop their objections and vote for this one too.
總統似乎也有理由假設等到關鍵時刻，共和黨人會放棄反對立場而為之投上贊成票。
Her father felt the crunch of the ship's collision with the iceberg on the night of 14 April 1912, and went up to investigate.
在1912年4月14晚，她的父親聽到了船與冰山碰撞的嘎吱聲音，然后起身去查看。
He was one of those players who seemed destined to go deep at majors and beat the top two here and there, but not deliver at crunch time.
他似乎是注定要成為奪得大滿貫和擊敗世界前2的選手之一，但在關鍵時刻總是無法實現。
To that extent at least, the Republican, who once used to be a fiscal conservative, has less to lose in the crunch.
在這一程度上，財政上一貫保守的共和黨人，至少不會在這場危機中失去什么。
The clean-technology business, which slumped following the credit crunch, seems to be recovering.
信貸緊縮后清潔技術產業衰退，但目前似乎逐漸好轉。
ALMOST a year has passed since the credit crunch burst into the public consciousness.
信貸危機突然出現在公眾視線里已近一年了。
But the credit crunch sucked the wind from its sails, sending spreads soaring and triggering a round of cancellations among issuers.
但是，信貸危機導致風向逆轉，推動息差飛速擴大，并在發行者中引發了一輪注銷浪潮。
Until this week the politicians trying to tackle the credit crunch had done little to restore this essential ingredient.
到本周為止，那些努力應對信貸危機的政要們在重建信心這一基本因素上作為甚少。
Financial innovation has a bad reputation at the moment, because exotic derivatives were one of the causes of the credit crunch.
因為異域衍生品是信貸緊縮的一個原因，因此目前金融創新聲名不佳。
Needless to say, this is a pretty important job, and you're on a bit of a time crunch.
毋庸諱言，這是一項非常重要的工作，您的時間有點緊張。
I've seen many projects where the team thinks they are going to crunch for just a month and then ends up crunching for close to a year.
我遇到過許多項目團隊，他們以為僅僅加班一個月便可完成任務最后結果是加班幾乎一年。
It could have been Credit Crunch Round Two. There was bound to be relief at avoiding that.
而可能會由此而來的第二輪信貸緊縮就必定會導致避免緊縮發生的救援行動。
I realize it seems odd to say that of events characterized by panic, a credit crunch, slowing growth and falling stock markets.
我知道，在特點為恐慌、信貸緊縮、增長放緩和股市下跌的情況之下，這么說很顯得很莫名其妙。
and when it comes to the crunch, we probably do better trying to stick to that, than rushing off on individual impulse.
到了關鍵時刻，我們也應該盡量堅持這一準則，而不要憑個人一時的沖動行事。
The crunch has made banks less able to lend and companies less willing to borrow, at least for a few years.
危機使得銀行借貸能力下降，公司也不太愿意借款，至少這種情況得維持幾年的時間。
All the memories of my youth speak to me as I walk, just as the seashells crunch under my feet on the beach.
海邊散步時，所有青春的記憶在我耳邊輕聲響起，就像我在沙灘上隨腳踩到的貝殼一樣發出清脆的聲音。
Today, I got out of the shower and felt a crunch under my foot. I lifted the bathmat thinking it was a loose tile. It was a mouse. FML.
今天我洗完澡出來，腳下咯吱一聲。我以為是地磚松了，把毯子掀起來一看，原來是只老鼠。FML。
He explained to me that drug dealers are the perfect gurus for a recession or credit crunch.
他曾向我解釋過，在應對衰退或信貸緊縮方面，毒販是一流的大師。
It had also witnessed a surge in the number of foreigners buying properties. But how had this been affected by the credit crunch?
也有很多外國人在此購買物業，但信用危機對此有沒有影響呢？
