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a nip (here) and a tuck (there) idiomUSinformal a series of small reductions: 一系列小幅缩减 The department made a nip here and a tuck there, but they were still way over budget.这个部门实施了一系列小幅缩减,但他们的开支还是远远超出预算。 SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Becoming and making smaller or less abridgment attenuate attenuated attenuating attenuation compress contraction dwindle dwindling ease ease someone's mindidiom ease up/off halve reduce reducible reduction resize retreat trough tumble
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