scrimp
- vi.省吃俭用,节衣缩食(尤指为了攒钱)
过去式: scrimped 现在分词: scrimping 过去分词: scrimped 第三人称单数: scrimps
These words all mean to keep money instead of spending it.以上各词均含存钱、攒钱之义。
to keep money instead of spending it, often in order to buy a particular thing常指为了买某物而攒钱、储蓄:
I'm saving for a new car.
我正攒钱想买辆新车。
to be careful about the amount of money you spend; to plan to spend an amount of money for a particular purpose指谨慎花钱、把…编入预算:
If we budget carefully we'll be able to afford the trip.
我们精打细算一点,就能够负担这次旅行。
to use less money, time, etc. than you normally use指节省、节约、节俭
( rather informal ) to spend less money because there is less available指勒紧腰带省吃俭用:
With the price increases, we are all having to tighten our belts.
由于物价上涨,我们都只好勒紧裤腰带了。
( rather informal ) 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尤指为了攒钱节衣缩食、省吃俭用:
They scrimped and saved to give the children a good education.
他们省吃俭用,为的是攒钱让孩子受到良好的教育。
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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,拼命攒钱。
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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。
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They scrimped and saved to give the children a good education .
他们省吃俭用,为的是攒钱让孩子受到良好的教育。
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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。
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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。
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They scrimped on oil as best they could during the energy crisis .
他们在能源危机时期尽量节省汽油。
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A discussion on the controlled scrimping strategy in American new product R & D
论美国产品研发中的有控节余策略
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Principle of scrimp and evaluation of mechanical properties
SCRIMP成型工艺原理及复合材料机械性能评价
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A novel processing technique for scrimp - ⅰ: grooved vacuum bag
SCRIMP成型工艺新技术-Ⅰ:沟槽真空袋型
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I could finally spend money on all the things I 'd scrimped on , right ?
我终于可以花钱购买所有以前因精打细算而没买的东西了,对吧?
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Our parents generation scrimped and saved to give their children a good education and better lives .
父母一代省吃俭用,因为希望让下一代能够接受良好教育,能够过更好的日子。
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I was still broke , still scrimping and saving to buy necessities .
我仍然一贫如洗,仍然精打细算省下钱来购买生活必需品。
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Study of scrimp process
SCRIMP成型工艺研究
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Application prospect of scrimp technology in FRP Radome
SCRIMP工艺在玻璃钢天线罩上的应用前景
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We have to scrimp and save to pay the bill
我们得省吃俭用来付帐
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He says it is a way of scrimping on compensation payouts .
他说这是为了压缩政府补助的方法。
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She has to scrimp and save to pay for her holiday .
她必须节省开支以支付度假的费用。
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who scrimped and saved to raise money ,
靠精打细算地节省来筹集资金的人、
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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点信心,听到自己说“不行”。
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In this paper , the new SCRIMP processing technique-resin flow control system for co - injection resin SCRIMP process is introduced .
本文介绍了SCRIMP成型工艺新技术&树脂联合注射SCRIMP工艺的树脂流动控制系统。
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The scrimping life of the peasants .
农民们节衣缩食的生活。
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He scrimps his family . The discount goes to the individual customers , but not to the dealing companies .
他对家人悭吝克扣。回扣只针对经办人,而不针对贸易企业。
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A working-class father who scrimps for the future has to confront the fact that his son won 't have a future .
一位工薪阶级的父亲为了将来精打细算,却不得不面对儿子不会有将来的现实。
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I had scrimped and saved to get at least two stickers a week-sometimes three if I had a little extra left over .
我省吃俭用,节衣缩食,争取每周得到两张以上的贴纸。有时如果有点额外盈余的话能拿到三张。
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In a recent national survey , 75 percent of families say in light of the current economic downturn , they 're looking for ways to scrimp on child care .
在最近的一次全国调查中,75%的家庭表示受到了当前经济危机的冲击,并正在寻找缩减用于儿童看护的开支。
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I 've been scrimping and saving all year for our holiday , and now you 've wasted it all on that stupid old car !
我一整年都在为这次度假而省吃俭用,但现在你却把钱全浪费在这老爷车上。
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He did not suggest getting rid of football stadiums ( which usually pay for themselves ) or scrimping on bed-and-board .
他并没有建议去掉足球场(足球场可以自给自足)或者节省膳宿费用。
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He scrimps his family .
他对家人悭吝克扣。
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Debt is such a burden that it 's worth scrimping for a few years , and even delaying graduate school , to pay off at least some of the debt .
债务是一笔负担,为了偿还一部分债务,节衣缩食几年是值得的,甚至是延迟毕业时间。
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Gordon Hewitt , a penny-pinching eccentric who used to read his paper in his car to save electricity , has left behind a 250,000 fortune after a lifetime of scrimping .
英国守财奴戈登休伊特在吝啬了一生之后,留下25万英镑的遗产。这位守财达人曾经为了省电而在车里读报。