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词汇 example_english_shoestring-budget
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shoestring budget

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meanings of shoestringand budget


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shoestring
noun[C usually plural]
uk /ˈʃuː.strɪŋ/ us /ˈʃuː.strɪŋ/
US
a ...
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budget
noun
uk /ˈbʌdʒ.ɪt/ us /ˈbʌdʒ.ɪt/
a plan to show how much money a person or organization will earn and how much they will need or be able ...
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Examples of shoestring budget


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It was said that it was being launched on a shoestringbudget—but look at it now.
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That can only be described as a shoestringbudget.
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However, community health councils have had to operate on a shoestringbudget for many years.
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At present, it has to run on a shoestringbudget.
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Many of such agencies operate on a shoestringbudget and have limited facilities, nevertheless they perform a vital function.
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We were not even given a shoestringbudget—we could not afford the shoestring.
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A shoestringbudget of £400,000 is totally inadequate to prevent the widespread netting of fish at night.
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It cannot exist on a shoestringbudget.
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It is impossible to carry out a national operation on a shoestringbudget, though that is exactly what the national voluntary youth organisations have been doing for years.
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I am involved in one in the borough which comes within my constituency, which is doing its best to offer a counselling service on a shoestringbudget.
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Run on a shoestringbudget, they are yet served by staffs who are fanatically devoted to broadcasting and, in particular, to local broadcasting.
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Care in the community is cheaper but more difficult to carry out effectively, especially on a shoestringbudget.
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Often, it has set up services on a shoestringbudget to meet a previously unrecognised need and has developed sources of funding until they become stable within the community.
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The film obviously was made on a shoestringbudget, and the people in it are no more than props for the magnified insects.
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For the next 22 years, the station more-or-less ran on a shoestringbudget.
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It started on a shoestringbudget, playing only a few dates in small-town arenas.
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The museum is run on a shoestringbudget, and can be visited only through arrangement.
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The album was completed on a shoestringbudget, but everyone involved was happy with the finished product.
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Despite a shoestringbudget, the show was a high quality product.
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The buskers' sense of camaraderie led to them raising enough money between them to make a record on a shoestringbudget.
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