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词汇 penuriously
释义 penuriously
adverb
 formaluk /pəˈnjʊə.ri.əs.li/ us /pəˈnjʊr.i.ri.əs.li/
with very little money, or in a way that shows that you are unwilling to spend money:
Some retired people don't take enough money from their savings and live penuriously.
All of the advertising materials were penuriously prepared in her own house.
He lived penuriously, died poor, and left no trace in the artistic history of his country.
They both existed penuriously upon her small savings.
He was a miserly man who wore charity shop clothing and lived penuriously in a dilapidated house.
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Budgeting money
balance
budget
budget something for something
budgetary
couponing
cut back
defund
draw/pull in your hornsidiom
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economy
make ends meetidiom
on a shoestringidiom
pocket
put/lay something on/to one sideidiom
save (something) up
save on something
set someone against someone
shoestring
skimp
tighten your beltidiom

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