The crunch came when she returned from America.

她从美国回来以后，危机就出现了。

Iceland, the first nation to go bankrupt in the credit crunch.

冰岛是第一个在信贷紧缩中破产的国家。

There is absolutely no credit crunch on the main streets of small businesses.

在小企业的主要街道上绝对不存在信贷危机。

Caught in a severe budget crunch, many states have sharply scaled back their funding for higher education.

由于面临严重的预算紧缩，许多州大幅削减了对高等教育的资助。

For most of the last decade, this trend has been upward, except for the most severe periods of credit crunch.

近十年的大多数时间里，这一趋势是向上的，除了信用危机最为严重的时期之外。

If there is one lesson everybody should take away from the credit crunch, it is that central bankers, no less than dentists, are only human.

如果说有一个教训是每个人都应该从信贷危机中吸取的，那就是央行行长和牙医一样都是凡人。

This advice is more relevant now than ever before, even as more parents want to embrace the ideas of their children, despite the current housing crunch.

这个建议现在比以往任何时候都更有意义，尽管目前住房紧缩，现在有更多的父母希望听取他们孩子的想法。

The U.N. is facing a cash crunch.

联合国正面临着资金短缺。

The car drew up with a crunch of gravel.

那辆汽车在沙砾路上嘎吱一声停了下来。

He can rely on my support when the crunch comes.

在关键时刻他会得到我的支持的。

She heard the crunch of tyres on the gravel driveway.

她听到车胎碾在碎石铺成的私家车道上发出的嘎吱声。

The crunch is that we can't afford to go abroad this year.

症结在于我们今年担负不起出国的费用。

For Joseph, a colleague at Chloe's office, it is Bach playing on the stereo before the screech of brakes and the crunch of metal.

对克洛伊办公室的同事约瑟夫来说，音响里播放的是巴赫的音乐，然后是刺耳的刹车声和金属的嘎吱声。

We eat while watching TV, we munch on something at our desk at work, we crunch on something while driving and drink something while reading or waiting.

看电视时吃点小零食，工作时嘴里嚼嚼东西，开车时吃点东西，阅读或者等候时也会来点喝的。

"The Crunch stole Christmas!"

“危机偷走了圣诞节！”

Then came the credit crunch.

那时信贷危机到来了。

Will the credit crunch continue?

信贷紧缩还将持续吗？

A credit crunch would hurt.

信贷紧缩将可能威胁经济。

And he can make grapes crunch.

而且他连吃葡萄都能嘎嘎作响。

"We want that crunch!" she added.

“我们需要那种嘎吱脆！”她补充道。

The credit crunch stopped all that.

但信用紧缩让一切嘎然而止。

The mortgage crunch makes matters worse.

贷款紧缩使得情况更糟。

Crunch, crunch, swallow.

嘎吱嘎吱，吞下。

So the credit crunch will not ease quickly.

因此，信贷紧缩不会迅速缓解。

Then, last winter, the credit crunch struck.

信贷危机在去年冬天时爆发了。

This week is crunch time for both sides.

本周对于双方都是关键时刻。

Can biology explain the global credit crunch?

用生物学解释全球信贷危机？

The credit crunch may have sparked the crisis.

信贷紧缩或许是引发危机的根源。

Is this crunch time for the credit crunch?

目前是此次信贷危机的危急时刻吗？

This autumn is crunch time for Mr Sarkozy.

对萨科齐而言，这个秋季是个危机时期。