batten down

1. For them, a crisis is a reason to batten down the hatches.
   因为对他们而言，危机意味着准备着手面对困境。
2. Batten down the hatches when this sea otter pirate comes aboard. He's got a great right hook!
   在这只水獭海盗上船之前赶紧封舱做好准备！他有厉害的右勾手！
3. Unbeknownst to most mainstream Facebook users, the social network actually offers a slew of privacy controls and security features which can help you batten down the hatches, so to speak.
   大多数Facebook用户可能不知道，网络实际上提供了一些私有控制和安全功能来帮助你，是你的信息变得更安全。
4. Us petrol prices leapt as tropical storm Isaac churned across the Gulf of Mexico, forcing refineries to batten down operations at a time of declining fuel stocks.
   美国汽油价格昨日跃升，这是因为热带风暴“艾萨克”（isaac）即将席卷墨西哥湾，迫使炼油厂在燃油库存下降之际停产。
5. Batten down a ship's hatches.
   给轮船的舱口钉上板条。
6. If you are just too exhausted to leave the confines of the house, unplug the phone, lock the door, batten down the hatches and spend the entire weekend at home, doing absolutely nothing.
   最后，有一个简单的解决方法。如果你累得不想走出房门一步，就拔掉电话，锁上门，关上窗户，整个周末都呆在家里，什么都不要做。
7. The captain ordered the sailors to batten down the hatches of their ship, as a storm was coming soon.
   暴风雨即将来临，因此船长命令水手将舱口封好。
8. Another expression linked to sailing is batten down the hatches.
   和航海相关的另一个短语是battendownthehatches（未雨绸缪）。
9. My sister's children were coming to stay so we had to batten down the hatches.
   我姐姐的孩子孽来住几天，我们得事先作好准备。
10. We batten down, and turn our faces towards the dissolving and vaporising and falling away of things.
    我们准备过冬，开始直面事物的消解和逝去。

verb

1. furnish with battens
   1. batten ships

   Synonym:    battensecure