scrimp and save

美 　英

• 網(wǎng)絡(luò)節(jié)衣縮食；省吃儉用；精打細(xì)算

例句

John was making more money, but I continued to scrimp and save.

約翰掙錢比以前多了，可是我繼續(xù)節(jié)省開支攢錢。

The poor still queue for government-subsidised bread and must scrimp and save to buy a pair of shoes.

窮人仍要排隊(duì)領(lǐng)取政府補(bǔ)貼的面包，要省吃儉用才能買一雙鞋。

Only a small proportion (11% of younger households) have a mortgage, and those that do scrimp and save to try to pay it off in five years.

只有很小一部分人（11%的較年輕家庭）有抵押貸款，并且這些人精打細(xì)算地存錢為了能在5年內(nèi)還清貸款。

The generation that lived through the Great Depression learned to scrimp and save .

經(jīng)歷過大蕭條的那代人學(xué)會(huì)了節(jié)儉和儲(chǔ)蓄。

Buyers no longer had to scrimp and save to get what they wanted; they could have it now.

買主不再需要精打細(xì)算儲(chǔ)蓄去獲得他們想要的東西；他們現(xiàn)在就可以擁有了。

He would scrimp and save in order to spend nights with Sunset Strip hookers, often just cuddling and chatting.

他節(jié)衣縮食，為的是與日落大道的妓女共度良宵，但常常只是和她們擁抱和聊天。

They had to scrimp and save to send their son to college.

為了送兒子上大學(xué)，他們不得不省吃儉用，拼命攢錢。

We had to scrimp and save to pay the bills.

我們得省吃儉用來付帳。

We shall scrimp and save.

我們會(huì)省吃儉用。