scrimp-and-save

scrimp-and-save什么意思,scrimp-and-save翻译

基本解释

网络: 节衣缩食；省吃俭用；精打细算

例句

• John was making more money, but I continued to scrimp and save.

  约翰挣钱比以前多了，可是我继续节省开支攒钱。

• The poor still queue for government-subsidised bread and must scrimp and save to buy a pair of shoes.

  穷人仍要排队领取政府补贴的面包，要省吃俭用才能买一双鞋。

• Only a small proportion (11% of younger households) have a mortgage, and those that do scrimp and save to try to pay it off in five years.

  只有很小一部分人（11%的较年轻家庭）有抵押贷款，并且这些人精打细算地存钱为了能在5年内还清贷款。

• The generation that lived through the Great Depression learned to scrimp and save .

  经历过大萧条的那代人学会了节俭和储蓄。

• Buyers no longer had to scrimp and save to get what they wanted; they could have it now.

  买主不再需要精打细算储蓄去获得他们想要的东西；他们现在就可以拥有了。

• He would scrimp and save in order to spend nights with Sunset Strip hookers, often just cuddling and chatting.

  他节衣缩食，为的是与日落大道的妓女共度良宵，但常常只是和她们拥抱和聊天。

• They had to scrimp and save to send their son to college.

  为了送儿子上大学，他们不得不省吃俭用，拼命攒钱。

• We had to scrimp and save to pay the bills.

  我们得省吃俭用来付帐。

• We shall scrimp and save.

  我们会省吃俭用。