skimp
英 [skɪmp]
美 [skɪmp]
v. 节省,吝惜(时间、钱等)
现在分词:skimping 过去分词:skimped 过去式:skimped 第三人称单数:skimps
BNC.21212 / COCA.21812
牛津词典
verb
- 节省,吝惜(时间、钱等)
to try to spend less time, money, etc. on sth than is really needed- Older people should not skimp on food or heating.
老人吃饭和取暖不应吝惜。
- Older people should not skimp on food or heating.
柯林斯词典
- VERB 草率地做;马马虎虎地做;节俭使用;节省
If youskimp onsomething, you use less time, money, or material for it than you really need, so that the result is not good enough.- Many families must skimp on their food and other necessities just to meet the monthly rent.
就为了交齐每月的租金,许多家庭不得不省吃俭用。
- Many families must skimp on their food and other necessities just to meet the monthly rent.
英英释义
verb
- supply sparingly and with restricted quantities
- sting with the allowance
- subsist on a meager allowance
- scratch and scrimp
- limit in quality or quantity
- work hastily or carelessly
双语例句
- They had to skimp to send their sons to college.
他们不得不省吃俭用以便送儿子进大学。 - It's silly to skimp on food.
在吃上舍不得花钱很愚蠢。 - The children skimp their homework because they've got one eye on the clock in case they miss their favorite program, and we eat all our meals on our knees.
孩子们一只眼睛盯着闹钟马马虎虎地完成作业,因为害怕错过他们喜爱的电视节目;我们在膝盖上吃饭。 - Two other suggestions: Put in nap rooms at the office and don't skimp on the free coffee.
另外,研究人员还提出了两个建议:在办公室中设置午休室,也不要不舍得提供免费的咖啡。 - The introduction of social security, medical insurance and other programmes has raised costs, although many factories skimp on these legally required payments or deduct other, random fees, from salaries.
引入社保、医保和其他一些项目提高了成本,尽管许多工厂克扣了这些法定支出,或者以其它名目从工资中扣除一些费用。 - If you skimp onthe important things, you may spend more in the long run.
如果你在购买重要物品时省不得花钱,从长远来看,你的开销可能更大。 - Many old people skimp on food and heating in order to meet their bills.
许多老人节约食物和暖气供应以偿付账单。 - And paying your bills, you're able to keep, say ten, if you skimp.
和日常账单,你还可以剩10元,如果你节约的话。 - 10. If you keep your eye on the profit, youre going to skimp on the product.
10.如果你的眼睛只盯着利润,你就会在产品上敷衍了事。 - Initially, people skimp on non-staple foods, cutting the quality and diversity of their intake; in the next stage, the quantity and safety of diets suffer.
最初,人们通过削减食物品质和摄入种类来减少副食品方面的开支,紧接着就是食物数量和安全性。