to batten down的意思|示意

It may be that thriving firms allow themselves the luxury of attending to social issues such as board diversity, whereas poorly performing ones batten down the hatches.

也许是因为飞速发展的公司有余力关注如董事会多元化等的社会问题，而表现欠佳的公司则自身难保（无暇顾及其他）。

As a storm was brewing the crew received orders to batten down the hatches.

暴风雨即将来临，因此船长命令水手将舱口封好。

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。

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。

The tornado is coming, so we had better batten down the hatches here and get to the cellar .

龙卷风即将来临，因此我们最好把这里的舱口封上，到地下室去。

On closer inspection, however, it becomes clear that the crisis forced the industry as a whole to batten down the hatches.

然而，通过更仔细地观察，我们可以清晰地发现，这场危机迫使整个保险业严正以待。