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pinch 作为动词的意思是捏，掐掉。作为名词是指受压，受困。India's rural areas are feeling the pinch as the country's once booming automobile¹ sector² struggles with its worst downturn in two decades as an estimated 350,000 workers lose their jobs. 印度一度蓬勃发展的汽车行业正面临二十年来最严重的低迷，导致大约35万名工人失业，印度农村地区也深受其害。

 

German Chancellor³ Angela Merkel's government cut its 2020 growth forecast as Europe's biggest economy expects to feel the pinch from waning⁴ global demand, Brexit and lingering trade disputes. 德国总理默克尔的政府下调了2020年的增长预期，这个欧洲最大的经济体预计将受到全球需求下降、英国脱欧以及挥之不去的贸易争端带来的压力。

 

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