battening
v.
用板条或压条固定( batten的现在分词 );
（损人利己地）养肥自己;
打纬;
例句:
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Many firms are battening down the hatches and preparing to ride out the storm.
很多公司正在加紧准备，希望能挺过这场暴风雨。
来自柯林斯例句
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A man doesn't feel right , battening on his in - laws.
一个男人要靠姻亲过活是不好受的.
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She avoided having to work by battening on her rich relatives.
她仗着她那些有钱的亲戚而不必工作,得以坐享清福.
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Common sense suggests they should be battening down the hatches and cutting debt ahead of the impending apocalypse.
来自THETIMES