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nickel-and-diming present participle ofnickel-and-dime 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。 SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Damaging and spoiling adulterant adulterate adulterated adulteration applecart butcher degrade drive a wedge between someoneidiom dry rot eat eat away at something erode foul put something out of jointidiom queer rain on someone's paradeidiom rampage ravage seismic wreck |