scrimp and save
常見(jiàn)例句
- They had to scrimp and save to send their son to college.
爲(wèi)了送兒子上大學(xué),他們不得不省喫儉用,拼命儹錢(qián)。 - Buyers no longer had to scrimp and save to get what they wanted; they could have it now.
買(mǎi)主無(wú)需爲(wèi)得到他們想要的東西而節(jié)衣縮食儹錢(qián),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(guó)圖書(shū)館節(jié)儉、節(jié)省、懇求一份抽獎(jiǎng)式的獎(jiǎng)金和慈善基金去購(gòu)買(mǎi)作品集,但是下一堦段的分類(lèi)也是十分昂貴的。 所以幾年來(lái)一些檔案是沒(méi)有必要的。 - 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 返回 scrimp and save