the lean years的意思|示意

Prophets of lean years admit this, but reply that the number of known mines affected is not large enough to offset the indicated shrinkage in reserves.

在不景气的年份，预言家们也承认这一点，但他们认为已知金矿中受到影响的数量有限，不足以抵消黄金储备的缩水。

Over the past 20 years, many companies have given lean production a try.

过去的20年中，许多公司都尝试过精益生产。

My parents lived through the lean years of the 1930s.

我的父母经历了20世纪30年代的萧条期。

Ladies and gentlemen, the signs are evident in many areas. The lean years are upon us in terms of the global economic outlook.

女士们，先生们，许多领域已有明显迹象显示，全球经济前景不佳，我们需要过若干年苦日子。

However, only in the last few years have the Lean principles and techniques been applied to software development.

然而，只有在过去几年，精益原则和技术才应用到软件开发。

The company recovered well after going through several lean years.

经历了几年的萧条后，这家公司的业务才完全恢复了正常。