nickel-and-dime

美 [ˌnɪkl ən ˈdaɪm]英 [ˌnɪkl ən ˈdaɪm]

nickel-and-dime

adj.

NAmE informal只涉小钱的；微不足道的
involving only a small amount of money; not important

verb

accumulate gradually: she nickeled-and-dimed together a small house for her family

adj

of minor importance: a nickel-and-dime operation run out of a single rented room; a small-time actor; Synonym: small-time

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1

Don 't care about your nickel-and-dime pals , except one . Your former driver .

我才不在乎你的马仔们，我只要一个：你的前司机。
2

I had to make some nickel-and-dime repairs on my old Chevy .

我那辆雪佛兰老爷车需要不少零零星星的修理。
3

Browett also tried to nickel-and-dime his employees .

布劳伊特跟他的员工斤斤计较。
4

And no buyer in Asia is going to risk the security of , say , a power plant by trying to nickel-and-dime the suppliers .

没有哪个亚洲买家会不顾一家发电厂的安全，和供应商锱铢必较。
5

A nickel-and-dime operation run out of a single rented room ; a small-time actor . Marketing will be appropriate when the level of self-interest is insufficiently consistent with societal goals to elicit behavior .

在租来的单间里就能完成的微不足道的工作；微不足道的男演员。当自身利益的程度与社会目标不甚吻合，不足以引发行为时，营销就成了合适的行为。