scrimp and save

基本解釋

• 節(jié)儉

英漢例句

雙語例句

• They had to scrimp and save to send their son to college.
  為了送兒子上大學，他們不得不省吃儉用，拼命攢錢。
• Buyers no longer had to scrimp and save to get what they wanted; they could have it now.
  買主無需為得到他們想要的東西而節(jié)衣縮食攢錢，他們現(xiàn)在就可以擁有。
• British libraries scrimp, save and appeal to lottery and charitable funds to buy collections, but cataloguing, the next stage, is also pricey, so some archives are inaccessible for years.
  英國圖書館節(jié)儉、節(jié)省、懇求一份抽獎式的獎金和慈善基金去購買作品集，但是下一階段的分類也是十分昂貴的。 所以幾年來一些檔案是沒有必要的。

權威例句

• The poor still queue for government-subsidised bread and must scrimp and save to buy a pair of shoes.
  ECONOMIST: The long wait
• He would scrimp and save in order to spend nights with Sunset Strip hookers, often just cuddling and chatting.
  ECONOMIST: The man that mother made

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