| 1. | The instinct of self-preservation warned him to batten down his hatches, to smother the fire with want of air .
自卫的本能警告他用木条把仓门钉好，把火头闷熄，不要闯出大祸来。 |
| 2. | Batten down those hatches before we ' re on the bottom
赶在下沉前封住缺口！ |
| 3. | There ' s a storm coming , so let ' s batten down the hatches
暴风雨就要来了，让我们把舱口都封住。 |
| 4. | There ' s a storm coming so let ' s batten down the hatches
暴风雨即将来了，我们来钉上门口压条吧。 |
| 5. | The crew had been mustered to batten down the hatches
所有船员被集合起来进行封舱以防暴风雨袭击。 |
| 6. | Batten down the hatches , boys
孩子们小心了 |
| 7. | 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！ |
| 8. | The threat of inflation has made many city institutions batten down hatches and not take risks in the stock market
通货膨胀的威胁已使城市许多公共机构作好准备，不去股票市场冒险。 |
| 9. | You ll , perhaps , batten down your hatches till you re spoke to , my friend , cried silver truculently to this speaker
“没问你，你还是给我闭上你那臭嘴，朋友。 ”西尔弗狠狠地喝住开口的人。 |
| 10. | Yet paradoxically , as some companies batten down the hatches , other firms have found ways of making money by opening up their treasure - chest of innovation and sharing it with others
然而奇怪的事情发生了，正在很多企业把专利技术看得严严实实的时候，另外一些企业却通过洞开锦囊、共享发明，大获其利。 |
