Cryptocurrencies also took a hammering, fuelled by speculation that regulators are preparing to clamp down on the digital-currency market.

加密货币也遭受了波及，因为有猜测称，监管部门准备打压数字货币市场。

Small businesses took a hammering in the last recession.

【take】在上次的经济衰退中，小企业遭遇了困境。

Britain's currency took a hammering early this week, falling below $1.20 to the pound - its lowest since 1985 excluding a brief two-minute crash in 2016.

英镑本周初大跌至1。2美元以下--这是自1985年以来的史上最低。除此之外，2016年，英镑还经历过短暂2分钟的大跌。

With the maturity of corporate debt pushed into the future by all the pandemic fundraising, and with interest payments within the bounds of comfort, profits would need to take a hammering before cfos begin to lose sleep over debt.

随着所有大流行病筹资活动将公司债务的到期日推向未来，并且利息支付在可接受的范围内， 在首席财务官开始为债务失眠之前， 利润需要受到重创。