scrimp
发音
英 [skrɪmp]
美 [skrɪmp]
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- vi.
- (较平时)节省着过日子
- 一点一滴地省钱
- 吝啬
- 克扣
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- vt.
- 节省,节缩,过度减少
单词词源
scrimp 节省,缩紧
来自 scrimp,缩写的,不足的,来自 Proto-Germanic*skrimp,收缩,缩小,来自 PIE*sker,弯, 转,词源同 shrink,shrimp.引申动词词义节省,缩紧等。
双语例句
- 1. Which doesn 't mean scrimp on the clothes .
- 但这并不意味着在着装上精打细算。
- 2. 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%的较年轻家庭)有抵押贷款,并且这些人精打细算地存钱为了能在5年内还清贷款。
- 3. And yet the more they scrimp on investment , the more joblessness , especially among the young , will deepen japan 's sense of malaise .
- 但是他们越是在投资上节省资金,失业也就会更多,特别是在年轻人之中,这将会是日本萎靡不振的意识进一步恶化。