He praised the two recent Security Council resolutions tightening the screws on North Korea with additional economic sanctions.

他称赞了联合国安理会近期通过的两项决议，这些决议旨在通过额外的经济制裁进一步向朝鲜施压。

It could help in tightening loose screws in an emergency.

它可以帮助在紧急情况下拧紧松动的螺丝。

Inflation was rampant, profits were depressed and the Federal Reserve was tightening the screws.

通货膨胀猖獗，利润低迷，美联储正在收紧政策。

Whether you're tightening screws on an assembly line or crunching numbers at a computer, people have been working five days a week for a long time.

无论你是在装配线上拧紧螺丝，还是在电脑前处理数据，人们每周五天工作日的制度已经由来已久。

He insists that lowering interest rates is the key to fighting inflation, rather than tightening the screws, which is the solution favoured by generations of orthodox economists.

他坚称，降低利率是对抗通胀的关键，而不是紧缩螺丝， 这是几代正统经济学家所青睐的解决方案。