1.[c][ususing]压碎声；碎裂声a noise like the sound of sth firm being crushed
the crunch of feet on snow脚踩着雪发出的嘎吱嘎吱声
The car drew up with a crunch of gravel.那辆汽车在沙砾路上嘎吱一声停了下来。
2.[sing](informal)紧要关头；困境；症结；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.她从美国回来以后，危机就出现了。
He always says he'll help but when it comes to the crunch(= when it is time for action) he does nothing.他口口声声说一定帮忙，然而到关键时候却不行动。
The crunch is that we can't afford to go abroad this year.症结在于我们今年负担不起出国的费用。
3.[c][ususing]（突发的）不足，短缺；（尤指）缺钱a situation in which there is suddenly not enough of sth, especially money
a budget/energy/housing crunch预算╱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.她吃苹果发出嘎嚓嘎嚓的声音。
2.[i][t]~ (sth)（使）发出碎裂声to make or cause sth to make a noise like sth hard being crushed
The snow crunched under our feet.积雪在我们脚下嘎吱作响。
3.[i]+ adv./prep.（在路上）行进发出响声to move over a surface, making a loud crushing noise
I crunched across the gravel to the front door.我嘎吱嘎吱走过石子路来到前门。
4.[t]~ sth（快速大量地）处理信息；数字捣弄to deal with large amounts of data very quickly
1.[obn](informal)（会议、体育竞赛等）至关重要的，最后一线胜机的acrunch meeting, sports game, etc. is very important and may be the last chance to succeed
Sunday's crunch game with Leeds星期天与利兹队决一雌雄的比赛
There has been a huge increase in the number of people interested in becoming teachers since the start of the so-called credit crunch.
自所谓的信贷紧缩开始以来，有志成为教师的人数大幅增长。
Retaining older staff has also been a challenge for companies trying to avert a labor crunch.
留住老职员对试图避免劳动力危机的公司来说也是个挑战。
After holding its own against the U. S. dollar throughout the financial crunch, the British currency could be in for a prolonged pounding.
在金融危机中，英镑兑美元汇率一直保持坚挺，但现在英镑却可能面临遭受长期打击的命运。
Consumers in the wealthiest nations are struggling with the consequences of the credit crunch and with the soaring cost of energy and food.
最富裕国家的消费者正疲于应对信贷紧缩的后果和不断飙升的能源及食品价格。
Mining firms' shares, which plummeted in response to the credit crunch, have perked up a lot since the beginning of the year.
曾应信贷萎缩之声而下挫的采矿业公司股票，自年初以来已大幅反弹。
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.
这个目标看上去并不太令人气馁，而且会让你在不造成预算紧张的情况下开始养成存钱的习惯。
She made a bet that she could defy the credit crunch and live on just one pound a day for a year.
她打赌自己可以和信贷紧缩抗争——1天只花1英镑并且持续一年的时间。
The company was a leader in creating and marketing some of the exotic securities that have been at the heart of the credit crunch.
该公司在创建和销售一些复杂证券方面是整个行业的领头羊，而这些证券正是信贷危机的核心所在。
It did not engineer this credit crunch to force low-wage, low-margin companies out of business. But that may be the upshot.
虽然政府不可能设计这么一场信贷危机来逼迫那些低工资，低效益的公司出局，但这也许正是这场危机的结局。
The credit crunch does not seem to have affected confidence in private equity in Asia.
这场信贷危机似乎没有影响亚洲私人股本的信心。
Some of the newer houses were built just as the credit crunch began to bite, and voters are anxious.
信贷危机来袭时刚建造了一批新居。选民们对此感到不安。
Kiyohiko Nishimura, deputy governor of the Bank of Japan, said he feared a "widespread credit crunch" .
日本央行（BoJ）副行长西村清彦（KiyohikoNishimura）表示，他担心“信贷紧缩蔓延开来”。
And a by-product of the credit crunch seems to be an overdue market re-evaluation.
[color=#0000ff]信贷紧缩的一个副产品似乎成了市场一次迟到的再评估。
There has being a huge increase in the code of men interested in becoming tutors since the start of the so-cwhichleed credit crunch.
自所谓的信贷紧缩开端以来，有志成为老师的人数大幅增长。
During the credit crunch, Brazil was one of few emerging countries to enjoy continued net inflows.
在信贷危机期间，巴西是为数不多的几个拥有净资金流入的新兴国家之一。
Despite the fiscal crunch, many fathers welcome the new sense of proportion that tends to accompany their outlook shifts.
尽管在钱的问题上有些困扰，随着观点的转变，许多爸爸还是喜欢生活中新的平衡给他们带来的感觉。
When a stone falls into a pond, the ripples persist for a while. The credit crunch was a whopping great boulder.
当一颗石子落入池塘后，荡起的涟漪尚且会持续一段时间。何况信用紧缩（却）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.
要不然紧接着爆发的信贷危机会阻碍这个项目。他说，现在银行看来准备再发放贷款了。
With the credit crunch squeezing hard, many of us are trying to make our pennies go a bit further.
随着信贷严重紧缩，我们中的很多人正试图节约每一分钱。
But the credit crunch has made people like Julia Scott, 31, reevaluate how much she's comfortable owing a mortgage company.
但信贷紧缩使得像朱莉娅斯科特（31岁）的人开始重新评估欠抵押贷款公司钱对生活舒适度的影响。
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