Tight budgets, not milk and honey, will define the 2020s.

21世纪20年代是预算紧缩的年代，而非富饶的年代。

We have to carry out the project on a tight budget.

我们必须在有限的预算下完成案子。

But how did shoestring come to describe a tight budget – one with little money?

但是shoestring是怎么来形容预算紧张的呢？

But that won't be easy in a nation with a slowing economy and tight budget.

但在一个经济放缓和预算吃紧的国家这并非易事。

That's due to many factors, including less government support for higher education because of tighter budgets.

这是由于许多因素所致, 包括由于预算紧缩政府缺乏对高等教育的支持。

If you're on a tighter budget, consider going to the library when you need to access the textbook.

如果你的预算更为紧张，当你需要教科书的时候，可以考虑去图书馆借一本。

Institutional inertia and tight budgets had led many statistics offices to shun them; now they have little choice but to experiment.

制度上的惰性以及紧缩的预算导致很多统计局回避这些数据；现在他们除了进行尝试，别无选择。

Independent types and those on a tight budget can use a guidebook.

独立类型和预算紧张的类型可以使用指南。

We were running on a very, very tight budget.

我们有一位巡演经理 他是个音响师。

We have to operate within a very tight budget.

【within】我们必须在很紧的预算内操作。

It was interesting, but you could see that they were on a tight budget.

这很有趣，但你可以看出他们的预算很紧。

I’m not sure how I’m going to feed them on a tight budget.

我不确定我将如何在预算紧张的情况下养活他们。

I'm not sure how I'm going to feed them on a tight budget.

我不确定我将如何在预算紧张的情况下养活他们。

As you know, I run the magazine on a pretty tight budget.

【tight，tightness】你也知道，我做这份杂志预算是很紧的。

Donor fatigue had set in before covid-19, but tight pandemic budgets have made things worse.

谁能否认这一点呢？在过去的一年里，世界粮食计划署(WFP)削减了东非七个国家300多万难民的口粮，而乌干达的口粮削减了40%。一些安置点发放现金而不是食物，难民每月只能靠1。9万先令(5。36美元)勉强度日。世界粮食计划署执行董事大卫·比斯利(David Beasley)写道，在南苏丹，口粮减少了一半，该署正在从饥饿者手中夺取食物以满足极度饥饿者的需要。官员们表示，他们只剩一半资金，这些资金为下半年东非难民提供食物做准备。在新冠肺炎爆发之前，捐助疲劳现象就已显现，但疫情导致预算紧缩，让情况变得更糟。

And yet, emissions continue to climb year after year, threatening to blow our tight carbon budget.

然而， 排放量年复一年地攀升，威胁着我们紧张的碳预算。

Retirement should not be living on a tight budget, as perhaps when one starts out and buys a first property.

退休不应该生活在紧张的预算中，就像当一个人开始购买第一套房产时一样。

Spontaneous moments that cannot be staged, rare occurrences that demand patience, all the things that remain elusive on productions with tight budgets and even tighter schedules.

无法上演的自发时刻，需要耐心的罕见事件，所有这些都是在预算紧张、时间表更紧的情况下，仍然难以捉摸的。

To get the ball rolling, he contracted a consultant that wouldn't cost an arm and a leg because he's on a bit of a tight shoestring budget, right?

为了使事情顺利进行，他雇了一个不用花很多钱的顾问，因为他的预算有点紧张。

One could argue it may be more worthwhile to set a tight budget once a month that would give more freedom than going cold turkey.

有人可能会争辩说，每月制定一次紧缩预算可能比冷火鸡更自由，这会带来更多自由。