lean years的解释
1. 荒年：lean upon 依靠 | lean years 荒年 | lean 倾斜
2. 歉收的年月：a lean man 瘦人 | lean years 歉收的年月 | The farmer tried to fatten the lean cattle for market. 农夫试图把瘦牛养肥以上市.
1. Automation and a lean enterprise following the recession has eliminated many jobs the world over in the past two years.
2. The Japanese have hunted whales for centuries, and whale meat was widely eaten in the lean years after World War II.
3. The prudent use of resources also helped the company survive the lean years.
4. How well do you remember the crash of 1987 and the following lean years?
5. Like the Biblical seven fat years and seven lean years, the grain silos are on the ready.