金融危机席卷全球，愈加多的公司企业感到经济拮据，有的甚至已经开始通过裁员和精简部门设置来改变目前的经济情况。在这种大环境下，作为小员工的大家自然也是银包缩水，With the spread of global financial crisis, people in our country also feel the pinch.Feel the pinch这个短语一般都用来形容财政困难，手头拮据等情况，作此讲解也是来自于pinch这个词有困境、困苦等意思。If someone is short of money or feeling restricted in some other way, they are feeling the pinch.再看一个例子：Shopkeepers are beginning to feel the pinch because no one has a lot of money to spend these days.店主们开始感到处境困难了，由于近来大伙都没什么钱购物。