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词汇 scrimping
释义 scrimping
present participle ofscrimp
scrimp
verb[ I ]
uk /skrɪmp/ us /skrɪmp/
to save money by spending less than is necessary to reach an acceptable standard: 过度缩减开支
There is a risk that the debt-ridden airline may be tempted to scrimp on maintenance or security.有这样一种风险,即这个债台高筑的航空公司可能会想在维修或安检上缩减开支。
 scrimp and save
If you scrimp and save, you manage to live on very little money in order to pay for something: 省吃俭用,节衣缩食
I've been scrimping and saving all year to pay for our holiday.我一整年都在为我们能够度一次假而省吃俭用。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

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depositor
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on depositidiom
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saving
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Budgeting money

Examples of scrimping


scrimping

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


They should not for ever be thinking of chopping, scrimping and saving.
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We shall never get it by stinginess and scrimping and scraping.
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We have not achieved that through cuts, scrimping and saving.
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They are all scrimping from the same pool.
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No scrimping here, he assured his audience; there would he plenty of social fund officers to ensure fair play.
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It is a simple case of scrimping to make savings.
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It means that every local authority in every county is scrimping and saving to try to get young people interested, happy and keen to play their part.
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For those who are already scrimping and saving to provide their children with an education this is a gross injustice and burden that they should not have to bear.
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This provincial player can never admit that she's desperately scrimping for the rent on her tiny apartment.
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Possibly because the production was scrimping on talent fees.
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Along the way he strung tennis rackets, picked fruit and endured a time of scrimping and saving.
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Hee-jae's longtime boyfriend is studying for the civil service exam, but her scrimping and saving for their future is beginning to take its toll on their relationship.
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After more than a year of scrimping, saving, working day and night and creating a home business on the side, she finally saves enough to open her own shop.
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