英语词汇“scrimped”的音标、意思、用法及中文翻译-反思网

In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.

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Having scrimped and saved this money ourselves, we then need to use it to good purpose.
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We are talking about men and women who have worked, scrimped, saved and struggled all their lives for a future better than this.
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The trade unions know how often the dockyards have scrimped and saved in the past.
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They will already have scrimped and saved to accrue £50, and then £60, and now find that for a normal family application they will have to pay £300.
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Sugar-beet has cost the nation an immense sum at a time when the outlay on running village schools has been scrimped.
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They have scrimped and saved all their working lives for their retirement and for the possibility of enjoying that period of their lives.
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Then there are others who have scrimped and saved all their lives, only to find that their thrift is being penalised.
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What happened to those who scrimped and saved and gave up holidays, smoking and drinking to manage to save a little?
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In my constituency—which is predominantly elderly and middle-class—most people have little in the way of savings, but have worked hard all their lives and scrimped and saved for their retirement.
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They are people who have scrimped and saved, who have been careful over the years and who find sudden and violent increases in rates a terribly heavy burden for them.
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There is one important group of old-age pensioners for whom no relief has been announced today—those who have scrimped and saved to pay for their retirement.
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