| 词汇 | nickel-and-dime |
| 释义 | nickel-and-dime adjective USinformaluk /ˌnɪk.əl.ənˈdaɪm/ us /ˌnɪk.əl.ənˈdaɪm/ used to describe something that is not important, usually because it does not involve much money: （通常指由于涉及金额不多而）微不足道的 a nickel-and-dime dispute为鸡毛蒜皮的小事发生的争吵 Synonym small-timedisapproving Of little or less importance be in/under someone's shadowidiom be neither here nor thereidiom big deal biggie derisory marginal meaningless meaninglessly meaninglessness mere picture piddling piddly piffling play second fiddleidiom unserious unseriousness venial vestigial vestigially nickel-and-dime verb[ T ] USinformaluk /ˌnɪk.əl.ənˈdaɪm/ us /ˌnɪk.əl.ənˈdaɪm/ to damage someone or something either by taking away many small amounts of money or by giving too much attention to details: （通过金钱上的逐渐索取或对细节的过分关注而）一点一滴地耗损 The banks nickle and dime you to death with all the little fees they charge you.银行用一笔又一笔的小费用积少成多地把人压垮。 Damaging and spoiling adulterant adulterate adulterated adulteration applecart butcher drive a wedge between someoneidiom dry rot eat eat away at something erode foul queer rain on someone's paradeidiom rampage ravage ravages seismic sour wreck Examples of nickel-and-dimenickel-and-dime It's best to not nickel-and-dime small charges; they could be drastically reducing conversions. From Huffington Post One lesson for all consumers from this episode is that many companies deliberately keep recurring fees at nickel-and-dime levels to discourage people from taking notice or asking questions. From Los Angeles Times These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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