scrimp

scrimp

美 [skrɪmp] 　英 [skrɪmp]

• v.省吃俭用
• 网络过度缩减；节省；精打细算

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And yet the more they scrimp on investment, the more joblessness, especially among the young, will deepen Japan's sense of malaise.

然而他们投资的越少，由此产生的越多的失业就会让让日本人的不适感越强烈，尤其是年轻人。

Don't try to scrimp here - have the boat pulled out even if it costs you.

可别在这里省钱——即使需要另加费用，也要把船提出水面。

Time for yourself is often where most people tend to scrimp.

通常大多数人留给自己的时间很少。

Despite bitter complaints about soaring prices, workers say they can scrimp enough to save at least a chunk of their wages.

尽管飞涨的物价让打工者叫苦不迭，但他们说如果精打细算一些，还是可以存下部分工资的。

Hey I can't unload these goods by myself! Stop trying to scrimp on labor costs and hire some people.

嘿！我没法自己一个人卸下这些货物！别再费尽心机压榨我们的血汗了，求老爷再雇些人来做工吧！

John was making more money, but I continued to scrimp and save.

约翰挣钱比以前多了，可是我继续节省开支攒钱。

And if the company makes up the deficit, as many do, what incentive is there to scrimp, he asks?

而如果公司构成赤字，那么有什么动机去节省呢？他像许多人那样问。

The poor still queue for government-subsidised bread and must scrimp and save to buy a pair of shoes.

穷人仍要排队领取政府补贴的面包，要省吃俭用才能买一双鞋。

Parents have a better idea of what their budgets are at this point, so parents will scrimp elsewhere, not on kids.

父母都清楚他们的预算在这一点上有更好的主意，让家长节衣缩食其它地方，孩子们没有。

Only a small proportion (11% of younger households) have a mortgage, and those that do scrimp and save to try to pay it off in five years.

只有很小一部分人（11%的较年轻家庭）有抵押贷款，并且这些人精打细算地存钱为了能在5年内还清贷款。

If everyone were to give in this way and didn't scrimp on kindly words, there would be much more love and justice in the world!

如果每个人都能如此给予而不吝言辞，这个世界将会增加许多爱和公义。

The generation that lived through the Great Depression learned to scrimp and save .

经历过大萧条的那代人学会了节俭和储蓄。

With their budget problems, it's not difficult to understand why California might choose to scrimp on costs.

因为预算问题，加州选择压缩成本，就不难理解。

If you try to scrimp on either one, it will show and you'll get a disappointing "thanks, but no thanks" letter.

如果你两方面都做不好，结果只会是你将接到一封令人失望的“谢谢，但是对不起，我们不能雇用你”的邮件。

You won't be able to scrimp on eyewear with the Mitsubishi set.

这款三菱电视可不能为你省下购买3-D特制眼镜的钱。

So don't scrimp on smooching your girl different ways to ramp up the sensitive factor.

因此不要吝啬亲吻你的女朋友，尝试用不同的方式来调动敏感的器官。

Oh, Electra, jewel of women, darling of my heart, we are free at last, we roll in wealth, we need never scrimp again.

哦，艾莱柯，你是女人尖子，是我的心肝宝贝，咱们终于自由了，咱们财源滚滚，再也不用算计着过日子了。

Buyers no longer had to scrimp and save to get what they wanted; they could have it now.

买主不再需要精打细算储蓄去获得他们想要的东西；他们现在就可以拥有了。

Firms are quick to scale back capital spending and consumers skip new cars rather than scrimp on food or healthcare.

公司迅速缩减资本支出，而消费者会放弃购买新车而非在食物或医疗健康方面减少开支。

Hard drive: Don't scrimp on storage space, unless you are absolutely certain you won't be saving many photos, songs or videos.

让我们再看看硬盘：别对存储空间那么吝啬，除非你很确定不会存许多照片、歌曲或是视频图像。

He would scrimp and save in order to spend nights with Sunset Strip hookers, often just cuddling and chatting.

他节衣缩食，为的是与日落大道的妓女共度良宵，但常常只是和她们拥抱和聊天。

I scrimp together leftover bits of backbone from an earlier era and hear myself say no.

我重振早期剩下的那一点信心，听到自己说“不行”。

They had to scrimp and save to send their son to college.

为了送儿子上大学，他们不得不省吃俭用，拼命攒钱。

We had to scrimp and save to pay the bills.

我们得省吃俭用来付帐。

British libraries scrimp, save and appeal to lottery and charitable funds to buy collections.

英国图书馆节衣缩食，节省资金，转向福利彩票和慈善资金去购买作家的作品集子。

We shall scrimp and save.

我们会省吃俭用。

parents who must scrimp and sacrifice to send their children touniversity

（必须节衣缩食、作出牺牲，才能送孩子进大学的父母）；