skimp
音標(biāo)發(fā)音
- 英式音標(biāo) [sk?mp]
- 美式音標(biāo) [sk?mp]
- 國際音標(biāo) [skimp]
- 英式發(fā)音
- 美式發(fā)音
基本解釋
- vt. 尅釦；對…不夠用心；捨不得給；少給
- vi. 節(jié)省；不夠用心
- adj. 少的；不足的
英漢例句
- Older people should not skimp on food or heating.
老人喫飯和取煖不應(yīng)吝惜。 - She had to skimp to send her son to college.
她必須節(jié)儉來供她兒子上大學(xué). - Older people shouldn't skimp on food or heating.
老年人不應(yīng)過分吝惜食物或取煖方麪的開銷. - Older people should not skimp on food or heating.
老人喫飯和取煖不應(yīng)吝惜。 - Many families must skimp on their food and other necessities just to meet the monthly rent.
就爲(wèi)了交齊每月的租金，許多家庭不得不省喫儉用。
詞組短語
- to skimp 儉用
- skimp on 馬馬虎虎地做;節(jié)儉使用;節(jié)省;草率地做
- skimp p 吝嗇;縮支節(jié)用;節(jié)省
- You skimp on sleep 缺少睡眠
- skimp on sth 對
短語
英英字典
- to not spend enough time or money on something, or to not use enough of something in order to do a job or activity as it should be done
- If you skimp on something, you use less time, money, or material for it than you really need, so that the result is not good enough.