on a shoestring
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- na.〈口〉用很少的錢
- 網絡生活拮據；小本經營；以極少的資金或不用資金
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The effort ran on a shoestring. There was no mechanism for taking contributions , no offices or bookkeeping system .
茶黨的活動經費很少，沒有建立一個接受社會捐贈的機制，沒有辦公場所，也不記賬。
He started his business on a shoestring. It took a lot of hard work and clever planning to build up it up to where it is today.
他的公司是小本經營開辦起來的，經過不少的艱苦勞動和苦心規劃，才發展到今天這個樣子。
Like most of his classmates, Scott tries to get by on a shoestring and manages to earn enough in odd jobs to pay some expenses.
和他的大多數同學一樣，斯科特試著花極少的錢，并打些零工支付基本費用。
Everything she was about to become was already apparent, even on a shoestring budget.
每一件事她打算成為的顯而易見，甚至在只有極少預算的情況下。
She is running a boutique business on a shoestring budget. She even made a brochure for the items in her shop.
她在經營小成本的精品店生意，還做了小冊子，介紹她店里的東西。
An American science student has captured images of the curvature of the Earth after sending a balloon into space on a shoestring budget.
美國一名理科生投入小成本向太空發射了一個氣球，拍攝到地球表面圖像。
Over the past decade many online journals and article repositories have emerged that are run on a shoestring.
在過去十年中，許多線上期刊和文庫的經營舉步維艱，勉強糊口。
They may have fond memories of backpacking around India or Guatemala on a shoestring during their younger days.
他們可能回憶起年輕時在印度或危地馬拉省吃儉用背包旅行的經歷。
But you know I am living on a shoestring these days.
但你知道這久我手頭緊。
Concern that the army is fighting two wars on a shoestring budget refuses to go away.
軍隊只用了極少的預算，卻打著兩場戰爭，人們對此的擔憂揮之不去。
Too, there's a difference between 20-somethings living on a shoestring and tourists "of a certain age" who stay in fine hotels.
并且，20歲左右的窮游族和有“一定年紀”而且住在漂亮酒店的游客是有區別的。
Pop-up restaurants are a similar phenomenon: temporary outlets done on a shoestring on a short-term licence.
游擊餐廳的現象很相似：用短期的執照和極少量的投資就能開一個臨時攤檔。
This was a kind of brainstorming for governments living on a shoestring.
這是具有共同經濟利益的國家間的商討。
Nobody wanted to finance the project, so Salih went home to California and built it himself on a shoestring budget.
當時沒有人愿意資助他的這個項目，所以Salih回到了加利福尼亞州自己以低成本制造了這輛車。
How can I take the best possible digital pictures on a shoestring budget?
怎樣用很小投資拍攝最好的數碼照片？
Oh, you're a film snob. I bet you only watch indie films made on a shoestring budget with low production values.
啊，你對電影自視甚高啊。我猜你只看那種制作成本低廉，沒多少價值的獨立電影。
Gary started this business back in 1975 on a shoestring.
加里從1975里開始小本經營生意。
If you are the client, you probably won't worry about cost unless you're on a shoestring.
如果你是顧客，只要手頭寬裕，可能就不會考慮費用問題。
If you do something on a shoestring, you do it using very little money. Shoestring.
除了有本意鞋帶的意思之外，還有小額資金的意思。
EarthSound started on a shoestring because the founders couldn't find any investors for such a risky venture.
天籟以小資本額創業，因為創辦人當初沒辦法為這個風險高的事業找到投資人。
Instead, he is back to living on a shoestring -- a very low budget.
但是，他卻相反的過著拮據的日子——極低的預算。
On a shoestring budget? Try these wallet-friendly health heroes.
預算緊張？來試試這些荷包友好型的健康英雄們吧~
Eight years ago this September I was furiously flicking through Lonely Planet's Europe on a Shoestring guide.
八年前，九月份的某天，我正不停地翻閱著LonelyPlanet的《窮游歐洲》旅游指南書。
The two boys traveled through Europe on a shoestring.
這兩個男孩以極少的錢游遍了歐洲。
I mean we were living, most of us, on a shoestring.
我的意思是，我們大多數人的生活都只靠著微薄的資金。
If you are on a shoestring, you probably won't look at a professional photographer's price list.
如果你手頭不寬裕，可能壓根兒就不會考慮職業攝影師。
We've been living on a shoestring since my husband lost his job.
我丈夫失業后，我們一直精打細算過日子。
We were living on a shoestring.
我們當時生活艱難。
Tom: No way! We're on a shoestring budget. We'd better walk!
不行！我們預算有限。最好用走的去！
When you started this company on a shoestring, skeptics claimed that you wouldn't find a market.
當貴公司以小資本創業的時候，有人帶著懷疑的眼光說你們會找不到市場。
For years, he went his business on a shoestring.
多年來，他的生意都只是僅能維持。
This company has operated on a shoestring for many years now .
這家公司靠那么一丁點資金已經營運好幾年。
Sure . I'll be living on a shoestring , staying in youth hostels and eating cheap food . I think I can make my savings last .
當然啦，我會省吃儉用，住青年宿舍，吃便宜食物。我覺得一定能省足夠的錢。
Firms operating on a shoestring have a tough time doing that, he notes.
公司資金過少，還要提供服務，只會讓日子難過。
m on a shoestring budget.
資金微薄。
And even when I travel, I usually do that on a shoestring.
甚至在旅行的時候，我通常也會盡量節省。
I live on a shoestring. I have a very small budget and little money to spend on clothes.
我靠小本生意生活（生活拮據），只有一點點預算或金錢來購買衣服。
They started the company on a shoestring and made it into a multi-billion dollar enterprise,
他們小本經營開辦了這家公司，逐步發展成為價值數十億美元的大企業。
Since my father stopped sending me money , I've been living on a shoestring .
自從父親停止寄錢給之后，我就一直過著很艱苦的生活。
I've been living on a shoestring since my father stopped sending me money.
自從我父親不再寄錢給我，我就一直過著窮苦的生活。
