为了给新的基础设施项目筹资,纳税人被要求节衣缩食。

为了给新的基础设施项目筹资,纳税人被要求节衣缩食。

To fund the new infrastructure, taxpayers were asked to tighten their belts.

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To fund the new infrastructure, taxpayers were asked to tighten their belts.

tighten 是动词,意思是"收紧、使变紧",这里引申为"缩减开支"。 their 是代词,指代前文提到的"纳税人"的所有格形式。 belts 是名词 belt 的复数形式,本意是"腰带",这里用 tighten their belts 这个习语表示"勒紧裤腰带",即"节衣缩食"的意思。

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