今天我们要学的词是 pinch. [pɪntʃ]

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 automobile sector 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 Chancellor Angela Merkel's government cut its 2020 growth forecast as Europe's biggest economy expects to feel the pinch from waning 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。