scrimp音标

英 [skrɪmp]

美 [skrɪmp]

scrimp基本释义

v.节省；过度缩减；吝啬

scrimp用法及例句

scrimp什么意思

verb

1. subsist on a meager allowance

e.g. scratch and scrimp

Synonym: stintskimp

1. 节省;精打细算;省吃俭用If you scrimp on things, you live cheaply and spend as little money as possible.

e.g. Scrimping on safety measures can be a false economy...在安全措施上抠手抠脚可能会打错算盘。e.g. He has had to give up luxuries as he scrimps and saves while looking for a job.找工作期间，他只好放弃奢侈的生活，精打细算、省吃俭用。

1. 印花裂痕：RUN OFF STITCHES 落坑 | SCRIMP 印花裂痕 | SEAM OVERTURN 止口反骨

2. scrimp

2. 过度缩减：scrimmagescrumscrummage 并列争球 | scrimp 过度缩减 | scrimpy 一再缩减的

3. 过度缩减,节省,adj.不足的,吝啬的：famulus 助手 | scrimp 过度缩减,节省,adj.不足的,吝啬的 | expatiate 祥述,细说

4. 过度缩短：grim 严肃的 | scrimp 过度缩短 | skimp 缩支节用

A city man by his appearance, scrimp and bald.

出自：R. C. Hutchinson

The Master scrimps his haggard sempstress of her daily bread.

出自：Tennyson

近义词

临近词

stint节省

skimp舍不得给

draw in your horns打退堂鼓(缩减)...

economize节约

husband丈夫

pull in your horns打退堂鼓(缩减)...

tighten your belt勒紧腰带(忍饥受寒...

save救

scrimp one's household

scrimpily

scrimpy

scrimp and scrape

scrip

scrim

scrimp and save

相关列句

We had to scrimp and save to pay the bills.(我们得省吃俭用来付帐。)

They scrimp on oil as much as they can during the energy crisis .(他们在能源危机时期尽量节省汽油。)

Around the world, parents scrimp and save to send their kids to school and compete with one another to get into the best schools.(为了孩子上学，与其他孩子竞争上到更好的学校，全世界的父母勒紧了裤腰带。)

I had to scrimp and save to pay for my holiday.(我必须节省开支以支付度假的费用。)

We have to scrimp and save if we want to buy a decent house in that area.(要想在那个地区买幢像样的房子，我们就必须省吃俭用。)

She had to scrimp and save to pay FOR her holiday.(她必须节省开支以付度假时的费用。)

They had to scrimp and save to send their son to college.(为了送儿子上大学，他们不得不省吃俭用，拼命钱。)

So don't scrimp on smooching your girl different ways to ramp up the sensitive factor.(因此不要吝啬亲吻你的女朋友，尝试用不同的方式来刺激感官。)

Buyers no longer had to scrimp and save to get what they wanted; they could have it now.(买主无需为得到他们想要的东西而节衣缩食攒钱，他们现在就可以拥有。)

At a press conference last month, Mr. Toyoda said the previous expansion push may have caused it to scrimp on quality, compromising its just-in-time production system, for example.(在上个月的一个新闻发布会上，丰田章男说之前的扩展推进可能导致了质量下滑，例如危害它实时的产品系统。)