scrimp and save

常见例句

双语例句

• 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。
• Buyers no longer had to scrimp and save to get what they wanted; they could have it now.
  买主无需为得到他们想要的东西而节衣缩食攒钱，他们现在就可以拥有。
• 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.
  英国图书馆节俭、节省、恳求一份抽奖式的奖金和慈善基金去购买作品集，但是下一阶段的分类也是十分昂贵的。 所以几年来一些档案是没有必要的。

权威例句

• 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
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