nickel-and-dime
英
美
- adj.拥有或支付仅一小笔钱的；不重要的vt.一点一滴地消耗；节约每一分钱以得到
详细释义
Adjective:
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of minor importance;
"a nickel-and-dime operation run out of a single rented room"
"a small-time actor"
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low-paying;
"a nickel-and-dime job"
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spend money frugally; spend as little as possible
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accumulate gradually;
"she nickeled-and-dimed together a small house for her family"
双语例句
- These adjectives all apply to what is small and unimportant.
这些形容词都能用于小的和不重要的事物。 - Color and sex are hardly relevant when appointing someone to a job.
委派某人一项工作时，肤色和性别是不重要的。 - The skyscrapers are also lavish consumers, and wasters, of electric power.
摩天大楼还极大地消耗和浪费电力。
用作形容词 (adj.)
用作及物动词 (vt.)
相关词汇
- small-time <非正式>小规模的...
- penny-pinch 对 ... 吝啬
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