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nickel-and-dime的英文翻譯是什么意思,詞典釋義與在線(xiàn)翻譯:
英英釋義
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"
nickel-and-dime的用法和樣例:
例句
用作形容詞 (adj.)
- These adjectives all apply to what is small and unimportant.
這些形容詞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.
委派某人一項工作時(shí),膚色和性別是不重要的。
用作及物動(dòng)詞 (vt.)
- The skyscrapers are also lavish consumers, and wasters, of electric power.
摩天大樓還極大地消耗和浪費電力。