scrimp
美 [skr?mp]
英 [skr?mp] 
- v.省吃?xún)€用
- 網(wǎng)絡(luò)過(guò)度縮減;節(jié)省;精打細(xì)算
詞形變化
第三人稱(chēng)單數(shù):scrimps 現(xiàn)在分詞:scrimping 過(guò)去式:scrimped 反義詞
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英漢雙解
1. | 省吃?xún)€用,節(jié)衣縮食(尤指為了攢錢(qián))to spend very little money on the things that you need to live, especially so that you can save it to spend on sth else |
| They scrimped and saved to give the children a good education. 他們省吃?xún)€用,為的是攢錢(qián)讓孩子受到良好的教育。 |
英漢解釋
英英解釋
例句
And yet the more they scrimp on investment, the more joblessness, especially among the young, will deepen Japan's sense of malaise.
然而他們投資的越少,由此產(chǎn)生的越多的失業(yè)就會(huì)讓讓日本人的不適感越強(qiáng)烈,尤其是年輕人。
Don't try to scrimp here - have the boat pulled out even if it costs you.
可別在這里省錢(qián)——即使需要另加費(fèi)用,也要把船提出水面。
Time for yourself is often where most people tend to scrimp.
通常大多數(shù)人留給自己的時(shí)間很少。
Despite bitter complaints about soaring prices, workers say they can scrimp enough to save at least a chunk of their wages.
盡管飛漲的物價(jià)讓打工者叫苦不迭,但他們說(shuō)如果精打細(xì)算一些,還是可以存下部分工資的。
Hey I can't unload these goods by myself! Stop trying to scrimp on labor costs and hire some people.
嘿!我沒(méi)法自己一個(gè)人卸下這些貨物!別再費(fèi)盡心機(jī)壓榨我們的血汗了,求老爺再雇些人來(lái)做工吧!
John was making more money, but I continued to scrimp and save.
約翰掙錢(qián)比以前多了,可是我繼續(xù)節(jié)省開(kāi)支攢錢(qián)。
And if the company makes up the deficit, as many do, what incentive is there to scrimp, he asks?
而如果公司構(gòu)成赤字,那么有什么動(dòng)機(jī)去節(jié)省呢?他像許多人那樣問(wèn)。
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?xún)€用才能買(mǎi)一雙鞋。
Parents have a better idea of what their budgets are at this point, so parents will scrimp elsewhere, not on kids.
父母都清楚他們的預(yù)算在這一點(diǎn)上有更好的主意,讓家長(zhǎng)節(jié)衣縮食其它地方,孩子們沒(méi)有。
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(qián)為了能在5年內(nèi)還清貸款。
If everyone were to give in this way and didn't scrimp on kindly words, there would be much more love and justice in the world!
如果每個(gè)人都能如此給予而不吝言辭,這個(gè)世界將會(huì)增加許多愛(ài)和公義。
The generation that lived through the Great Depression learned to scrimp and save .
經(jīng)歷過(guò)大蕭條的那代人學(xué)會(huì)了節(jié)儉和儲(chǔ)蓄。
With their budget problems, it's not difficult to understand why California might choose to scrimp on costs.
因?yàn)?/c>預(yù)算問(wèn)題,加州選擇壓縮成本,就不難理解。
If you try to scrimp on either one, it will show and you'll get a disappointing "thanks, but no thanks" letter.
如果你兩方面都做不好,結(jié)果只會(huì)是你將接到一封令人失望的“謝謝,但是對(duì)不起,我們不能雇用你”的郵件。
You won't be able to scrimp on eyewear with the Mitsubishi set.
這款三菱電視可不能為你省下購(gòu)買(mǎi)3-D特制眼鏡的錢(qián)。
So don't scrimp on smooching your girl different ways to ramp up the sensitive factor.
因此不要吝嗇親吻你的女朋友,嘗試用不同的方式來(lái)調(diào)動(dòng)敏感的器官。
Oh, Electra, jewel of women, darling of my heart, we are free at last, we roll in wealth, we need never scrimp again.
哦,艾萊柯,你是女人尖子,是我的心肝寶貝,咱們終于自由了,咱們財(cái)源滾滾,再也不用算計(jì)著過(guò)日子了。
Buyers no longer had to scrimp and save to get what they wanted; they could have it now.
買(mǎi)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。
Firms are quick to scale back capital spending and consumers skip new cars rather than scrimp on food or healthcare.
公司迅速縮減資本支出,而消費(fèi)者會(huì)放棄購(gòu)買(mǎi)新車(chē)而非在食物或醫(yī)療健康方面減少開(kāi)支。
Hard drive: Don't scrimp on storage space, unless you are absolutely certain you won't be saving many photos, songs or videos.
讓我們再看看硬盤(pán):別對(duì)存儲(chǔ)空間那么吝嗇,除非你很確定不會(huì)存許多照片、歌曲或是視頻圖像。
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。
I scrimp together leftover bits of backbone from an earlier era and hear myself say no.
我重振早期剩下的那一點(diǎn)信心,聽(tīng)到自己說(shuō)“不行”。
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?xún)€用,拼命攢錢(qián)。
We had to scrimp and save to pay the bills.
我們得省吃?xún)€用來(lái)付帳。
British libraries scrimp, save and appeal to lottery and charitable funds to buy collections.
英國(guó)圖書(shū)館節(jié)衣縮食,節(jié)省資金,轉(zhuǎn)向福利彩票和慈善資金去購(gòu)買(mǎi)作家的作品集子。
We shall scrimp and save.
我們會(huì)省吃?xún)€用。
parents who must scrimp and sacrifice to send their children touniversity
(必須節(jié)衣縮食、作出犧牲,才能送孩子進(jìn)大學(xué)的父母);