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单词 scrimping
释义
scrimping
present participle ofscrimp
scrimp
verb[I]
uk
/skrɪmp/us
/skrɪmp/
tosavemoneybyspendingless than isnecessarytoreachanacceptablestandard:
There is ariskthat the debt-riddenairlinemay betemptedto scrimponmaintenanceorsecurity.
scrimp and save
If you scrimp andsave, youmanagetoliveon very littlemoneyinordertopayfor something:
I've been scrimping andsavingallyeartopayforourholiday.
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(Definition ofscrimpingfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofscrimping

scrimping

In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.

They should not for ever be thinking of chopping,scrimpingand saving.
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We shall never get it by stinginess andscrimpingand scraping.
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We have not achieved that through cuts,scrimpingand saving.
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They are allscrimpingfrom the same pool.
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Noscrimpinghere, he assured his audience; there would he plenty of social fund officers to ensure fair play.
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It is a simple case ofscrimpingto make savings.
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It means that every local authority in every county isscrimpingand saving to try to get young people interested, happy and keen to play their part.
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For those who are alreadyscrimpingand saving to provide their children with an education this is a gross injustice and burden that they should not have to bear.
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This provincial player can never admit that she's desperatelyscrimpingfor the rent on her tiny apartment.
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Possibly because the production wasscrimpingon talent fees.
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Along the way he strung tennis rackets, picked fruit and endured a time ofscrimpingand saving.
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Hee-jae's longtime boyfriend is studying for the civil service exam, but herscrimpingand saving for their future is beginning to take its toll on their relationship.
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After more than a year ofscrimping, 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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