nickel-and-dime

音标发音

• 英式音标 [ˌnɪk.əl.ənˈdaɪm]
• 美式音标 [ˌnɪk.əl.ənˈdaɪm]
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基本解释

• adj.拥有或支付仅一小笔钱的；不重要的
• vt.一点一滴地消耗；节约每一分钱以得到

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英汉例句

用作形容词 (adj.)

• These adjectives all apply to what is small and unimportant.
  这些形容词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.
  委派某人一项工作时，肤色和性别是不重要的。

用作及物动词 (vt.)

• The skyscrapers are also lavish consumers, and wasters, of electric power.
  摩天大楼还极大地消耗和浪费电力。

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英英字典

剑桥英英字典

• used to describe something that is not important, usually because it does not involve much money
• to damage someone or something either by taking away many small amounts of money or by giving too much attention to details

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