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单词 scrimp
释义
scrimp
verb[I]
uk
/skrɪmp/us
/skrɪmp/
tosavemoneybyspendingless than isnecessarytoreachanacceptablestandard:
过度缩减开支
There is ariskthat the debt-riddenairlinemay betemptedto scrimponmaintenanceorsecurity.有这样一种风险，即这个债台高筑的航空公司可能会想在维修或安检上缩减开支。
scrimp and save
If you scrimp andsave, youmanagetoliveon very littlemoneyinordertopayfor something:
省吃俭用，节衣缩食
I've been scrimping andsavingallyeartopayforourholiday.我一整年都在为我们能够度一次假而省吃俭用。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Saving money
  • bank
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  • depositor
  • direct deposit
  • interest rate
  • ISA
  • on depositidiom
  • pension plan
  • put
  • putsomethingaside
  • putsomethingby
  • redeposit
  • retirement plan
  • salt
  • saltsomethingaway
  • squirrel
  • squirrelsomethingaway
  • TESSA
  • undersaver
  • war chest
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(Definition ofscrimpfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

scrimp| American Dictionary

scrimp
verb[I]
us
/skrɪmp/
tospendas littlemoneyaspossible:
She scrimped andsavedtocarefor her twoyoungersisters.
(Definition ofscrimpfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofscrimp

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They are people who have scrimped and saved, who have been careful over the years and who find sudden and violent increases in rates a terribly heavy burden for them.
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There is one important group of old-age pensioners for whom no relief has been announced today—those who have scrimped and saved to pay for their retirement.
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Possibly because the production was scrimping on talent fees.
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Along the way he strung tennis rackets, picked fruit and endured a time of scrimping and saving.
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After more than a year of scrimping, saving, working day and night and creating a home business on the side, she finally saves enough to open her own shop.
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One-fifth of the population are so poor that theyscrimpthemselves of the very necessities of life.
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In the main, people have toscrimpand strain already.
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People willscrimpand save to ensure that their children get that kind of education.
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They would be bitterly resentful if they had toscrimpand save to find the £10 or £20 when they were responsible dog owners.
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One canscrimpand save, but the end product will not last or be of good quality, and ultimately the next generation will not bless us for it.
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Of course some rich men are major art purchasers, but there are equally a great many whoscrimpand scrape to buy works of art from living artists.
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The prospect of leaving his wife penniless is deeply worrying to the service man, but all he can do isscrimpand save until he dies.
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They canscrimpthemselves, they can starve their little children, but here is a charge they have to meet, and they have attempted to meet it.
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The reality of being very poor is that you save andscrimpfor things that you know are essential but for which you do not have enough money.
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Many parents in this country have toscrimpand save to ensure that their youngsters are able to take part in the activities that their friends take part in.
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