skimps

英 [skɪmps]

美 [skɪmps]

v.  节省，吝惜(时间、钱等)
skimp的第三人称单数

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.
  1. 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。

双语例句

• A deceitful cook who skimps on ingredients and shortchanges guests ( Jacques Pepin)
  一个克扣配料，欺骗客人的不老实的厨师（雅克丕平）
• If you're standing in a bookstore right now trying to decide which book to buy, my advice is to buy all of them: a wise craftsperson never skimps on his or her tools.
  如果你现在站在一个书店里，正试着决定买哪本书，我建议你把它们全买下：一个聪明的工匠从不节约使用他或她的工具。
• She is very conscientious and never skimps her work.
  她办事认真，从不敷衍了事。
• If a seller skimps on or forgets to purchase tracking, and a buyer claims nothing has arrived, the buyer is entirely refunded, without investigation.
  如果卖家为省钱没有购买或忘记购买跟踪服务，而买家声称没有收到货物，买家将得到全额退款，无需任何调查取证。