tightening its belt的意思|示意

If the office itself is starting to look run down and like its in need of an upgrade, it's indicative of excessive belt-tightening measures.

如果办公室看起来是在走向衰败而且需要来一次升级，这就表明贵公司已经开始在勒紧裤腰带过日子了。

As part of the belt-tightening, the company will permanently scale back plans for expansion after 2008, when it will open new stores at the slowest rate in its 30-year history.

作为强制性节约的一部分，公司将在2008年后永久的收缩战略，那时将会是该公司三十年来开新店速度最慢的时期。