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单词 on a shoestring
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on a shoestring

idiominformal
If you do something on ashoestring, you do it with a verysmallamountofmoney:
以极少量资金
Thefilmwas made on ashoestring.这部电影是个小制作。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Budgeting money
  • balance
  • budgetary
  • couponing
  • cut
  • cut back
  • cut cornersidiom
  • cutback
  • defund
  • economically
  • economy drive
  • economy-size
  • manage
  • save(something)up
  • save onsomething
  • setsomeoneagainstsomeone
  • shoestring
  • spending plan
  • square
  • thrift
  • thrifty
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(Definition ofon a shoestringfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofon a shoestring

on a shoestring
We do not want politics runonashoestring, leading to poor decisions, poor government and the discouragement of good people from coming into politics.
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Almost all the pilgrimages are financedonashoestring; the overwhelming majority of the pilgrims come from the poorer sections of society.
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It was said that it was being launchedonashoestringbudget—but look at it now.
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However, community health councils have had to operateonashoestringbudget for many years.
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At present, it has to runonashoestringbudget.
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It is impossible to run a large symphony orchestraonashoestring, or to run good opera cheaply.
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But it faces the problem of funding, which isonashoestring.
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But new mini-cab firms are cropping up all over the place—often operatingonashoestring—and so many of them are still running about uninsured.
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For a long time they have been running the groupsonashoestring.
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Not only are theatres closing, but those which remain are runonashoestring.
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Many voluntary organisations and charities workonashoestringand may find it difficult to comply without interfering with their genuine, excellent work.
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Some of the intermediate schemes are operatedonashoestring.
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My concern is that they are operatingonashoestring.
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The people running the play group movement have been managingonashoestringfor a long time.
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Many voluntary groups and projects operatingonashoestringare still worried about their future sustainability.
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