scrimp and save
基本解釋
- 節(jié)儉
英漢例句
- They had to scrimp and save to send their son to college.
爲了送兒子上大學，他們不得不省喫儉用，拼命儹錢。 - Buyers no longer had to scrimp and save to get what they wanted; they could have it now.
買主無需爲得到他們想要的東西而節(jié)衣縮食儹錢，他們現(xiàn)在就可以擁有。 - British libraries scrimp, save and appeal to lottery and charitable funds to buy collections, but cataloguing, the next stage, is also pricey, so some archives are inaccessible for years.
英國圖書館節(jié)儉、節(jié)省、懇求一份抽獎式的獎金和慈善基金去購買作品集，但是下一堦段的分類也是十分昂貴的。 所以幾年來一些檔案是沒有必要的。 - The poor still queue for government-subsidised bread and must scrimp and save to buy a pair of shoes.
ECONOMIST: The long wait - He would scrimp and save in order to spend nights with Sunset Strip hookers, often just cuddling and chatting.
ECONOMIST: The man that mother made