batten down the hatches

My sister's children were coming to stay so we had to batten down the hatches.

我姐姐的孩子孽来住几天，我们得事先作好准备。

For them, a crisis is a reason to batten down the hatches.

因为对他们而言，危机意味着准备着手面对困境。

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。

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！

Batten down the hatches. Brad, hoist the anchor.

关紧舱门.升起锚钩.

There's a storm coming, so let's batten down the hatches.

暴风雨快来了, 让我们封舱吧.

Most people batten down the hatches and look up in the month.

大多数人都腾下来,舱口和看在一个月.

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

风暴要来了,船员们奉命封舱.

Another expression linked to sailing is batten down the hatches.

另一个和航海相关的词语是battendownthehatches(做好准备).

If you are just too exhausted to leave the confines of the house, unplug the phone, lock the door, batten down the hatches and spend the entire weekend at home, doing absolutely nothing.

最后，有一个简单的解决方法。如果你累得不想走出房门一步，就拔掉电话，锁上门，关上窗户，整个周末都呆在家里，什么都不要做。

The captain ordered the sailors to batten down the hatches of their ship, as a storm was coming soon.

暴风雨即将来临，因此船长命令水手将舱口封好。

Another expression linked to sailing is batten down the hatches. That is what sailors do to prepare their ship for a storm at sea.

另外一个和航海相关的短语是batten down the hatches（未雨绸缪），水手们在海上为暴风雨做准备。

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.