scrimping

scrimping

美 [skr?mp] 　英 [skr?mp]

  • v.節省；儉省；過分縮減；吝嗇

詞形變化

第三人稱單數：scrimps  現在分詞：scrimping  過去式：scrimped  

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英漢解釋

v.
1.
節省;儉省
2.
過分縮減
3.
吝嗇
4.
少給;克扣

英英解釋

v.

例句

Now, he praises single mothers for scrimping to put "a great meal at the table for her kids. "

如今，他贊揚單身母親縮衣節食地“讓孩子享用豐盛的食物”。

He did not suggest getting rid of football stadiums (which usually pay for themselves) or scrimping on bed-and-board.

但他并沒有建議去掉足球館（通常球場能自負盈虧），或者削減食宿開銷。

So scrimping on what will effectively be my home for so many nights already seems like an unwise economy.

拿什么在那么多天里做我的小窩呢，如此的精打細算現在還沒出發呢，看起來已像愚蠢的省錢大法了。

So, how to save money without scrimping, be thrifty without feeling miserly -- and maintain those habits after our economy picks up speed?

那么，如何在不用過度儉省的情況下存錢、節約而不顯得吝嗇--同時在經濟加快發展時也能保持這樣的習慣？

I've been scrimping and saving all the year to pay for our holiday.

我節衣縮食整整一年，為的是攢我們去度假的錢。

Those unsuccessful in finding decent, permanent jobs often face parents who resent scrimping and saving for their sons' education.

無法找到體面的固定職位的畢業生常常要面對父母的抱怨：父母節衣縮食供子女上大學，而子女卻以失業報答。

He says it is a way of scrimping on compensation payouts.

他說這是東電想減少賠償的一種方式。

Some residents make ends meet by scrimping, others with black humor.

一些居民通過減少開支來達到收支平衡，另外一些只能通過黑色幽默。

There's no scrimping and saving on this board.

有沒有偷工減料，并在此板儲蓄。

Yet the way Ms. Groner garnered her wealth was, in fact, more like one big, lucky gamble than a lifetime of scrimping and saving.

然而，Groner女士的財富積累方式，其實更像是一個賭注巨大的幸運賭局；而不是一生的節儉的結果。

But otherwise put, they are sick of scrimping in chilly old Britain.

但是有人說，他們是受不了在又冷又老的英國精打細算地過日子了。

Turns out I am a mere 25-cents-off coupon when it comes to scrimping and saving.

結果發現談到精打細算和節儉，我充其量只是一張減掉25美分的優惠券。