on a shoestring

on a shoestring

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• na.〈口〉用很少的钱
• 网络生活拮据；小本经营；以极少的资金或不用资金

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英汉解释

na.	1. 〈口〉用很少的钱,只有很少的钱

英英解释

na.	1. <spoken>using or having a very small amount of money

例句

The effort ran on a shoestring. There was no mechanism for taking contributions , no offices or bookkeeping system .

茶党的活动经费很少，没有建立一个接受社会捐赠的机制，没有办公场所，也不记账。

He started his business on a shoestring. It took a lot of hard work and clever planning to build up it up to where it is today.

他的公司是小本经营开办起来的，经过不少的艰苦劳动和苦心规划，才发展到今天这个样子。

Like most of his classmates, Scott tries to get by on a shoestring and manages to earn enough in odd jobs to pay some expenses.

和他的大多数同学一样，斯科特试着花极少的钱，并打些零工支付基本费用。

Everything she was about to become was already apparent, even on a shoestring budget.

每一件事她打算成为的显而易见，甚至在只有极少预算的情况下。

She is running a boutique business on a shoestring budget. She even made a brochure for the items in her shop.

她在经营小成本的精品店生意，还做了小册子，介绍她店里的东西。

An American science student has captured images of the curvature of the Earth after sending a balloon into space on a shoestring budget.

美国一名理科生投入小成本向太空发射了一个气球，拍摄到地球表面图像。

Over the past decade many online journals and article repositories have emerged that are run on a shoestring.

在过去十年中，许多线上期刊和文库的经营举步维艰，勉强糊口。

They may have fond memories of backpacking around India or Guatemala on a shoestring during their younger days.

他们可能回忆起年轻时在印度或危地马拉省吃俭用背包旅行的经历。

But you know I am living on a shoestring these days.

但你知道这久我手头紧。

Concern that the army is fighting two wars on a shoestring budget refuses to go away.

军队只用了极少的预算，却打着两场战争，人们对此的担忧挥之不去。

Too, there's a difference between 20-somethings living on a shoestring and tourists "of a certain age" who stay in fine hotels.

并且，20岁左右的穷游族和有“一定年纪”而且住在漂亮酒店的游客是有区别的。

Pop-up restaurants are a similar phenomenon: temporary outlets done on a shoestring on a short-term licence.

游击餐厅的现象很相似：用短期的执照和极少量的投资就能开一个临时摊档。

This was a kind of brainstorming for governments living on a shoestring.

这是具有共同经济利益的国家间的商讨。

Nobody wanted to finance the project, so Salih went home to California and built it himself on a shoestring budget.

当时没有人愿意资助他的这个项目，所以Salih回到了加利福尼亚州自己以低成本制造了这辆车。

How can I take the best possible digital pictures on a shoestring budget?

怎样用很小投资拍摄最好的数码照片？

Oh, you're a film snob. I bet you only watch indie films made on a shoestring budget with low production values.

啊，你对电影自视甚高啊。我猜你只看那种制作成本低廉，没多少价值的独立电影。

Gary started this business back in 1975 on a shoestring.

加里从1975里开始小本经营生意。

If you are the client, you probably won't worry about cost unless you're on a shoestring.

如果你是顾客，只要手头宽裕，可能就不会考虑费用问题。

If you do something on a shoestring, you do it using very little money. Shoestring.

除了有本意鞋带的意思之外，还有小额资金的意思。

EarthSound started on a shoestring because the founders couldn't find any investors for such a risky venture.

天籁以小资本额创业，因为创办人当初没办法为这个风险高的事业找到投资人。

Instead, he is back to living on a shoestring -- a very low budget.

但是，他却相反的过着拮据的日子——极低的预算。

On a shoestring budget? Try these wallet-friendly health heroes.

预算紧张？来试试这些荷包友好型的健康英雄们吧~

Eight years ago this September I was furiously flicking through Lonely Planet's Europe on a Shoestring guide.

八年前，九月份的某天，我正不停地翻阅着LonelyPlanet的《穷游欧洲》旅游指南书。

The two boys traveled through Europe on a shoestring.

这两个男孩以极少的钱游遍了欧洲。

I mean we were living, most of us, on a shoestring.

我的意思是，我们大多数人的生活都只靠着微薄的资金。

If you are on a shoestring, you probably won't look at a professional photographer's price list.

如果你手头不宽裕，可能压根儿就不会考虑职业摄影师。

We've been living on a shoestring since my husband lost his job.

我丈夫失业后，我们一直精打细算过日子。

We were living on a shoestring.

我们当时生活艰难。

Tom: No way! We're on a shoestring budget. We'd better walk!

不行！我们预算有限。最好用走的去！

When you started this company on a shoestring, skeptics claimed that you wouldn't find a market.

当贵公司以小资本创业的时候，有人带着怀疑的眼光说你们会找不到市场。

For years, he went his business on a shoestring.

多年来，他的生意都只是仅能维持。

This company has operated on a shoestring for many years now .

这家公司靠那么一丁点资金已经营运好几年。

Sure . I'll be living on a shoestring , staying in youth hostels and eating cheap food . I think I can make my savings last .

当然啦，我会省吃俭用，住青年宿舍，吃便宜食物。我觉得一定能省足够的钱。

Firms operating on a shoestring have a tough time doing that, he notes.

公司资金过少，还要提供服务，只会让日子难过。

m on a shoestring budget.

资金微薄。

And even when I travel, I usually do that on a shoestring.

甚至在旅行的时候，我通常也会尽量节省。

I live on a shoestring. I have a very small budget and little money to spend on clothes.

我靠小本生意生活（生活拮据），只有一点点预算或金钱来购买衣服。

They started the company on a shoestring and made it into a multi-billion dollar enterprise,

他们小本经营开办了这家公司，逐步发展成为价值数十亿美元的大企业。

Since my father stopped sending me money , I've been living on a shoestring .

自从父亲停止寄钱给之后，我就一直过着很艰苦的生活。

I've been living on a shoestring since my father stopped sending me money.

自从我父亲不再寄钱给我，我就一直过着穷苦的生活。